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    Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran

    Masoud Kazemi1★, Mohammad Dakhili1, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan2★, Kambiz Larijani2, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi1, Valiolah Mozaffarian3★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Applied Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O.Box 37185/364, Qom, Iran
    2. 2Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
    3. 3Iran Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran

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    Masoud Kazemi

    *Author for Correspondence: ; masoud_kazemitabaei@yahoo.com

    arustaiyan@yahoo.it

    Received: 20-02-2009; Accepted: 09-04-2009.

    Volume 1, Issue 3 · pp. 120–124 · PUBLISHED May-Jun 2009 · DOI:

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    ABSTRACT

    The oil obtained from hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Artemisia tschernieviana was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents of the 30 identified components were p-cymene (21.3%), β-pinene (17.8%), α-pinene (9.4%), γ-terpinene (9.1%), (Z)-cis-ocimene (8.8%), and α-cadinol (8.1%). This species is rich in monoterpenes. Antimicrobial activity was determined against six bacterial strains and one fungal strain. The results show that this oil is active against all the tested strains.

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      Kazemi, M., Dakhili, M., Rustaiyan, A., Larijani, K., Ahmadi, M. A., & Mozaffarian, V. (2009). Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran. Pharmacognosy Research, 1(3), 120–124.