The Development ofArtemisia afra(Jacq.) as a New Essential Oil Crop
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Essential Oil Research
- Vol. 2 (5) , 215-220
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1990.9697870
Abstract
It has been shown that statistically significant higher oil yields could be obtained from Artemisia afra when the plants were harvested during anthesis and early seed set. The chemical composition of four generations of the same clone was found to be very constant. On examination of the oil composition of wild populations of A. afra, the existence of chemotypes was revealed. Oils rich in 1, 8-cineole (50.14%), α-thujone (74.91–75.28%), β-thujone (21.49–22.44%), and camphor (27.92%) were found.Keywords
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