VOLATILE OILS FROM NORMAL AND TRANSFORMED ROOT OF ARTEMISIA-ABSINTHIUM

Authors
KENNEDY AI DEANS SG SVOBODA KP GRAY AI WATERMAN PG
Citation
Ai. Kennedy et al., VOLATILE OILS FROM NORMAL AND TRANSFORMED ROOT OF ARTEMISIA-ABSINTHIUM, Phytochemistry, 32(6), 1993, pp. 1449-1451
Citations number
16
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1449 - 1451
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1993)32:6<1449:VOFNAT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The volatile oil distilled from the roots of field-grown Artemisia abs inthium and from fermenter grown hairy roots of A. absinthium transfor med with Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain LBA 9402 carrying plasmid pRi 1855 was analysed and compared. The normal root oil contained alpha-f enchene (53%), beta-myrcene (6%), endo-bornyl acetate (2%) and beta-pi nene (1%), while the hairy root oil contained neryl isovalerate (47%) and neryl butyrate (6%). Possible explanations of the differences in o il profiles are discussed.