Progress in Essential Oils: Armoise Oil, Part 2

Dahmani-Hamzaoui and Baaliouamer (2010) collected A. herba-alba plants during their flowering stage from the Boussaada region in the northern Sahara desert region of Algeria. Oils were produced from air-dried and chopped plants using either hydrodistillation or microwave distillation. Analysis of the oils using GC-FID and retention indices only revealed that the main constituents of the oils that were similar in composition were as follows:

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