2025, Vol. 13 Issue 1, Part A
Chemical composition of Artemisia frigida Willd. from Southwestern Idaho
AUTHOR(S): William N Setzer, Prabodh Satyal and Ambika Poudel
ABSTRACT:Artemisia frigida is an aromatic medicinal plant native to North America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. As part of our interest in aromatic and medicinal plants of western North America, we have investigated the essential oil of A. frigida growing in southwestern Idaho, the first report of A. frigida essential oil from the western United States. The essential oils from the aerial parts of three individual A. frigida plants were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography and enantioselective gas chromatography. The essential oils showed wide variation in composition; the major components were 1,8-cineole (18.9-22.8%), camphor (0.1-37.5%), davanone (0.0-35.6%), trans-chrysanthenol (0.0-18.5%), and trans-chrysanthenyl acetate (0.0-17.5%). A hierarchical cluster analysis based on major components of the essential oils from this work (New World) and from Old World samples, revealed at least six chemical groups depending on the concentrations of camphor, 1,8-cineole, borneol, camphene, and davanone, indicating wide chemical variation throughout the geographical range of A. frigida. The (-)-enantiomers were dominant for the observed chiral monoterpenoids (?-pinene, camphene, sabinene, ?-pinene, limonene, cis-sabinene hydrate, camphor, terpinen-4-ol, borneol, and ?-terpineol), but there are few trends in enantiomeric distributions compared to other Artemisia species.
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How to cite this article:
William N Setzer, Prabodh Satyal, Ambika Poudel. Chemical composition of Artemisia frigida Willd. from Southwestern Idaho. Am J Essent Oil Nat Prod 2025;13(1):38-44.
