Essential oil composition of Artemisia abyssinica from three habitats in Yemen

Abstract

The essential oils from the aerial parts of Artemisia abyssinica, collected from three different locations in Yemen, were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. The essential oil from Taiz was dominated by davanone (49.4%) and camphor (29.6%), while samples from Sana’a and Alhodiadah had camphor as the major component (42.1% and 42.5%, respectively) with slightly lower concentrations of davanone (34.5% and 32.3%, respectively).