TY - JOUR JF - jmpir JO - J. Med. Plants VL - 7 IS - 25 PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/2/01 TI - Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia annua L. Essential Oil from Iran TT - Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia annua L. Essential Oil from Iran N2 - The composition of the essential oil obtained from the dried flowering aerial parts of Artemisia annua L. (Compositae) was analysed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-two components were identified in the essential oil of A. annua L. with campher (48.00%), 1,8-cineole (9.39%), camphene (6.98%) and spathulenol (4.89%) as major components. The essential oil was evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal activities. The activity was more pronounced against fungal organisms than against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. SP - 58 EP - 62 AU - Verdian-rizi, MR AU - Sadat-Ebrahimi, E AU - Hadjiakhoondi, A AU - Fazeli, MR AU - Pirali Hamedani, M AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of medical Sciences, Tehran KW - Artemisia annua L. KW - Essential oil KW - GC/MS KW - Antimicrobial activity UR - http://jmp.ir/article-1-565-fa.html ER -