Pandey Abhay K, Singh Pooja
Bacteriology & Natural Pesticide Laboratory, Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273009, India.
Medicines (Basel). 2017 Sep 12;4(3):68. doi: 10.3390/medicines4030068.
Essential oils of aromatic and medicinal plants generally have a diverse range of activities because they possess several active constituents that work through several modes of action. The genus Artemisia includes the largest genus of family Asteraceae has several medicinal uses in human and plant diseases aliments. Extensive investigations on essential oil composition, antimicrobial, insecticidal and antioxidant studies have been conducted for various species of this genus. In this review, we have compiled data of recent literature (2012-2017) on essential oil composition, antimicrobial, insecticidal and antioxidant activities of different species of the genus . Regarding the antimicrobial and insecticidal properties we have only described here efficacy of essential oils against plant pathogens and insect pests. The literature revealed that 1, 8-cineole, beta-pinene, thujone, artemisia ketone, camphor, caryophyllene, camphene and germacrene D are the major components in most of the essential oils of this plant species. Oils from different species of genus exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against plant pathogens and insecticidal activity against insect pests. However, only few species have been explored for antioxidant activity.
芳香植物和药用植物的精油通常具有多种活性，因为它们含有多种活性成分，通过多种作用方式发挥作用。蒿属是菊科中最大的属，在人类疾病和植物病害防治方面有多种药用价值。对该属的各种物种进行了关于精油成分、抗菌、杀虫和抗氧化研究的广泛调查。在本综述中，我们汇编了2012年至2017年近期文献中关于该属不同物种的精油成分、抗菌、杀虫和抗氧化活性的数据。关于抗菌和杀虫特性，我们在此仅描述了精油对植物病原体和害虫的功效。文献表明，1,8-桉叶素、β-蒎烯、侧柏酮、蒿酮、樟脑、石竹烯、莰烯和杜松烯D是该植物物种大多数精油中的主要成分。该属不同物种的精油对植物病原体表现出较强的抗菌活性，对害虫表现出杀虫活性。然而，只有少数物种进行了抗氧化活性研究。
