Table 1.

GS-MS chemical composition of the volatiles from the investigated Artemisia species

No	RI	Compound	A. abrotanum plant % (mg/ml)	A. abrotanum CH 2 Cl 2 % (mg/ml)	A. dracunculus plant % (mg/ml)	A. dracunculus CH 2 Cl 2 % (mg/ml)	A. absinthium CH 2 Cl 2 % (mg/ml)	A. vulgaris plant % (mg/ml)	A. vulgaris % (mg/ml)
1.	969	4-Methyl-pent-2-enolid	15.7 (1.7869)	1.7 (0.1379)	-	1.8 (0.046)	-	-	-
2.	991	1-Octen-3ol	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.2 (0.253)
3.	1037	1,8-Cineol	-	-	-	-	-	-	18 (1.077)
4.	1043	Z-β-Ocimene	-	-	1.3 (0.103)	-	-	-	-
5.	1044	Lavender lactone	2.6 (0.3017)	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	1053	E-β-Ocimene	-	-	1.6 (0.124)	-	-	-	-
7.	1069	cis-Arbusculone	0.7 (0.0885)	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.	1077	trans-Arbusculone	0.6 (0.0738)	-	-	-	-	-	-
9.	1100	trans-Sabinene hydrate	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 (0.079)	-
10.	1114	Phenylethyl alcohol	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 (0.042)	2.1 (0.129)
11.	1122	β-Thujone	-	-	-	-	14.7 (0.380)	-	-
12.	1129	1-Terpineol	1.6 (0.1817)	-	-	-	-	-	-
13.	1132	allo Ocimene	-	-	0.3 (0.028)	-	-	-	-
14.	1141	iso-3-Thujanol	-	-	-	-	2.2 (0.059)	-	-
15.	1147	cis-β-Terpineol	1.2 (0.1402)	0.8 (0.0700)	-	-	-	-	-
16.	1152	Camphor	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.6 (0.337)
17.	1173	Borneol	-	-	-	-	-	5.4 (0.122)	13.2 (0.792)
18.	1183	Terpinen-4-ol	-	-	-	-	-	18.2 (0.407)	13.5 (0.801)
19.	1189	p-Cymen-8-ol	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 (0.113)
20.	1195	α-Terpineol	-	-	-	-	-	10 (0.223)	6.6 (0.394)
21.	1202	Estragole	0.9 (0.1123)	0.8 (0.0702)	84.1 (6.406)	-	5 (0.126)	-
22.	1211	trans-Piperitol	1.2 (0.1454)	-	-	-	-	-	-
23.	1221	trans-Carveole	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 (0.043)	-
24.	1226	Nerol	-	-	-	-	11.5 (0.297)	-	-
25.	1227	Nordavanone,	3 (0.3414)	5.4 (0.4275)	-	8.3 (0.206)	-	-	-
26.	1252	Geraniol	-	-	-	-	2.6 (0.069)	-	-
27.	1253	Chavicol	-		0.4 (0.031)	1 (0.023)	-	-	-
28.	1257	Piperitone	0.5 (0.0616)	-	-	-	-	-	-
29.	1260	cis-Chrysanthenylacetate	-	-	-	-	2.5 (0.065)	-	15 (0.897)
30.	1292	Cuminol	-	-	-	-		7.2 (0.163)	1.7 (0.105)
31.	1299	UnknownABS					29.1 (0.750)
32.	1331	1.4-p-Menthadien-7-ol	-	-	-	-		3.6 (0.082)	1.7 (0.105)
33.	1354	Eugenol	-		1.4 (0.107)	1.4 (0.036)	0.9 (0.023)	3.8 (0.086)	3 (0.175)
34.	1367	UnknownABR1		5.2 (0.4115)	-	-	-	-	-
35.	1386	E-Methylcinnamate	-	-	0.9 (0.068)	-	-	-	-
36.	1399	Methyleugenol	-		2.2 (0.173)	1.4 (0.035)	1.5 (0.040)	-	-
37.	1401	UnknownABR2	1.3 (0.1540)
38.	1422	UnknownABR3		20.7 (1.6363)		4.3 (0.106)
39.	1466	γ-Decalactone	-	-	0.2 (0.015)	-	-	-	-
40.	1483	Germacrene D	-	-	0.2 (0.015)	-	-	0.5 (0.011)	1.6 (0.091)
41.	1484	Davanone ether	0.9 (0.1016)	-	-	-	-	-
42.	1486	Farnesene	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(0.062)
43.	1491	β-Selinene	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 (0.076)
44.	1500	Bicyclogermacrene	-	-	0.1 (0.012)	-	-	-	-
45.	1504	Davana ether*	3.2 (0.3591)	-	-	-	-	-	-
46.	1518	Artedouglasia oxide C	1.7 (0.1932)	1.1 (0.0869)		1.7 (0.042)
47.	1520	δ-Cadinene	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 (0.093)
48.	1522	Davana ether*	1.4 (0.1581)	-	-	-	-	-	-
49.	1531	Artedouglasia oxide A	2.2 (0.2575)	1.8 (0.1486)	-	3.4 (0.084)	-	-	-
50.	1554	Artedouglasia oxide D	1 (0.1201)	0.6 (0.0534)	-	1 (0.023)	-	-	-
51.	1476	Artedouglasia oxide B	1.3 (0.1469)	1 (0.0858)	-	1.6 (0.040)	-	-	-
52.	1580	cis-Davanone	5.2 (0.5989)	7.4 (0.5896)	0.6 (0.048)	9.1 (0.225)	-	-	-
53.	1589	Spathulenol	-	-	-	-	6.5 (0.168)	12.1 (0.271)	7.1 (0.425)
54.	1585	Caryophyllene oxide	-	-	-	-	2.8 (0.072)	8.5 (0.191)	2.7 (0.163)
55.	1598	UnknownABR4	-	2 (0.1582)	-	-	-	-	-
56.	1599	UnknownABR5	1.3 (0.1570)	-	-	-	-	-	-
57.	1641	UnknownABR6	2.7 (0.3121)	-	-	-	-	-	-
58.	1655	Bisabololoxide B	-	-	-	-	3.3 (0.086)	-	-
59.	1656	epi-α Muurolol	-	-	-	-	-	11.8 (0.265)	-
60.	1684	α-Bisabolol	-	-	-		11 (0.285)	-	-
61.	1685	UnknownABR7	12.4 (1.4113)	17.2 (1.3599)	0.5 (0.041)	20.5 (0.506)	-	-	-
62.	1688	UnknownABR8	4 (0.4598)	-	-	-	-	-	-
63.	1711	UnknownABR9	8.7 (0.9892)	-	-	3.4 (0.085)	-	-	-
64.	1719	Herniarin,	-	-	4.3 (0.329)	10 (0.246)	5.8 (0.150)	-	-
65.	1754	Davanone Derivative	22.5 (2.5593)	33.3 (2.6535)	-	18.2 (0.450)	-	-	-
66.	1936	UnknownDRA	-	-	0.3 (0.029)	7 (0.174)	-	-	-
67.	1963	Hexadecanoic acid	-	-	-	-	-	11.2 (0.249)	-
68.	2107	Phytol-isomer	1.2 (0.1451)	-	1.1 (0.087)	(0.138)	-	-	-

* exact isomer not determined, RI retention index.

Mass spectra of the unidentified compounds.

RI 1367 UnknownABR1: 41 (50), 43 (72), 44 (13), 45 (14), 53 (15), 55 (100), 56 (13), 57 (30), 67 (32), 68 (13), 69 (37), 71 (41), 74 (11), 81 (19), 83 (14), 84 (11), 85 (11), 93 (37), 95 (25), 111 (34), 123 (10), 169 (46).

RI 1299 UnknownABS: 41 (39), 43 (68), 44 (8), 53 (16), 55 (22), 57 (14), 59 (100), 67 (49), 68 (19), 69 (9), 71 (34), 77 (11), 79 (32), 81 (45), 82 (55), 83 (12), 89 (11), 93 (7), 94 (7), 109 (10), 152 (11).

RI 11401 UnknownABR2: 55 (100), 41 (70), 43 (100), 44 (25), 53 (16), 56 (14), 57 (55), 59 (26), 67 (31), 69 (44), 71 (34), 77 (12), 81 (29), 83 (26), 85 (19), 91 (18), 93 (96), 95 (15), 97 (20), 111 (68), 125 (15), 126 (26).

RI 1422 UnknownABR3: 41 (32), 43 (62), 53 (13), 55 (83), 57 (10), 67 (24), 68 (14), 69 (28), 71 (100), 72 (14), 77 (10), 81 (24), 83 (16), 91 (14), 93 (74), 95 (9), 100 (19), 110 (11), 111 (94), 125 (18), 195 (11).

RI 1598 UnknownABR4: 41 (9), 42 (3), 43 (10), 44 (3), 53 (4), 55 (13), 57 (6), 67 (5), 68 (3), 69 (5), 71 (4), 79 (2), 81 (4), 83 (5), 85 (100), 86 (5), 93 (9), 107 (2), 111 (3), 114 (12), 156 (4).

RI 1599 UnknownABR5: 41 (38), 43 (100), 44 (14), 55 (30), 57 (25), 69 (22), 71 (17), 77 (14), 79 (20), 81 (32), 83 (22), 85 (20), 91 (15), 93 (18), 95 (17), 109 (45), 149 (14), 161 (15), 207 (46), 219 (21), 234 (15).

RI 1641 UnknownABR6: 41 (52), 43 (68),44 (13), 53 (18), 55 (100), 56 (13), 57 (29), 67 (27), 68 (18), 69 (37), 71 (23), 79 (12), 81 (27), 83 (32), 84 (17), 85 (12), 91 (12), 93 (72), 95 (24), 109 (13), 111 (73).

RI 1685 UnknownABR7: 41 (38), 43 (40), 53 (9), 55 (53), 57 (10), 67 (15), 68 (10), 69 (43), 71 (18), 77 (6), 81 (17), 83 (20), 91 (9), 93 (64), 94 (7), 95 (8), 97 (9), 111 (100), 112 (12), 125 (19), 140 (13).

RI 1688 UnknownABR8: 41 (62), 43 (100), 53 (15), 55 (82), 57 (23), 67 (31), 68 (28), 69 (43), 70 (16), 71 (77), 72 (19), 79 (12), 81 (31), 82 (15), 83 (20), 91 (13), 93 (93), 94 (14), 95 (24), 110 (15), 111 (76), 113 (13), 125 (20).

RI 1711 UnknownABR9: 43 (100), 93 (66), 55 (55), 111 (55), 113 (51), 85 (39), 41 (35), 69 (30), 67 (26), 95 (25), 81 (24), 125 (20), 57 (20), 71 (19), 97 (17), 96 (17), 109 (14), 83 (14), 68 (14), 138 (11), 53 (11), 236 (5).

RI 1754 Davanone-derivative: 41 (45). 43 (100), 53 (17), 55 (74), 57 (24), 67 (32), 68 (14), 69 (45), 71 (36), 79 (18), 81 (48), 82 (12), 83 (23), 91 (12), 93 (87), 95 (20), 96 (29), 97 (48), 109 (20), 111 (90), 112 (12), 113 (15), 125 (69), 236 (36).

RI 136 UnknownDRA: 41 (40), 43 (12), 53 (22), 55 (23), 57 (17), 66 (23), 67 (28), 69 (25), 77 (12), 79 (18), 81 (84), 82 (9), 83 (12), 95 (21), 96 (74), 98 (14), 110 (17), 113 (13), 151 (100), 152 (37), 22.