Azizi Majid, Chizzola Remigius, Ghani Askar, Oroojalian Fatemeh
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Feb;5(2):283-90.
Four Achillea species, A. millefolium, A. nobilis, A. eriophora and A. biebersteinii, were grown in small field plots in Iran and harvested at four developmental stages: vegetative, at the appearance of the first flower heads, at full flowering, and at late flowering. The composition of the main volatile compounds in dichloromethane extracts and the essential oil obtained by microdistillation was established by GC/MS and GC. 1,8-Cineole (27-41%) was the main compound in the oils from A. millefolium and A. biebersteinii. These two species reached the highest amount of volatile compounds at the full blooming stage. alpha-Thujone was the main compound in A. nobilis oil (25-64%). Fully blooming plants of this species also had a high proportion of artemisia ketone (up to 40%) in the oil. The main oil compounds of A. eriophora were camphor (about 35%) and 1,8-cineol (about 30%). This species produces only a small number of flower heads and the composition of the essential oil did not change during development.
四种蓍草属植物，即千叶蓍、高贵蓍、绵毛蓍和白滨蓍，在伊朗的小块农田中种植，并在四个发育阶段进行采收：营养期、第一朵花头出现时、盛花期和晚花期。通过气相色谱/质谱联用仪（GC/MS）和气相色谱（GC）确定了二氯甲烷提取物和微蒸馏所得精油中主要挥发性化合物的组成。1,8-桉叶素（27 - 41%）是千叶蓍和白滨蓍精油中的主要化合物。这两个物种在盛花期时挥发性化合物含量最高。α-侧柏酮是高贵蓍精油中的主要化合物（25 - 64%）。该物种的盛花期植株精油中还含有高比例的蒿酮（高达40%）。绵毛蓍精油的主要成分是樟脑（约35%）和1,8-桉叶素（约30%）。该物种仅产生少量花头且精油组成在发育过程中没有变化。
