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. 2020 Aug 19;9(9):1063. doi: 10.3390/plants9091063

Table 1.

The chemical composition of A. absinthium essential oil.

Chemical Groups/Compounds References
Monoterpenoids
(E)-6,7-epoxyocimene, (Z)-6,7-epoxyocimene, (Z)-carveol, carvacrol, geranyl pentanoate, geranial, p-menth-3-en-9-ol, neryl acetate [18]
(E)-epoxyocimene [19]
(Z)-epoxyocimene [16,19]
1,8-cineole [1,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]
geranyl 2-methylbutanoate, neryl 2-methylpropanoate, linalyl 3-methylbutanoate, geranyl 3-methylbutanoate, bornyl 3-methylbutanoate, linalyl butanoate, (Z)-epoxyocimene, fenchone, (E)-sabinene hydrate, isobornyl acetate, isobornyl propanoate, pulegone, α-fenchene [23]
neryl 2-methylbutanoate [21,23]
2-β-pinene, lyratyl acetate [25]
linalyl 3-methylbutanoate [18,23]
neryl 3-methylbutanoate [21,23]
terpinene-4-ol, (E)-sabinene hydrate, (E)-sabinol [22,23]
thujyl alcohol [1,21]
allo-ocimene [18,20]
Artemisia ketone, 3-methylbutanoate, (E)-thujone, phellandrene, isothujyl acetate, pinene, (E)-verbenol, (Z)-thujone [21]
borneol, (Z)-nerolidol, (Z)-verbenol, (E)-β-ocimene, (Z)-sabinene hydrate, α-terpinyl acetate, p-cymen-8-ol, terpinolene, α-terpinene [22]
chrysanthenol [19,24]
(Z)-chrysanthenol [15,26]
(Z)-expoxyocimene [15,21,24,26]
phellandrene epoxide, thujol [18,24]
eugenol [18,22,23,27]
geraniol [1,18,22,27]
iso-3-thujanol [27]
geranyl isovalerate, lavandulyl acetate, allo-ocimene, β-linalool [20]
camphene [1,19,22,23]
camphor [16,22,23,24,26,28]
carvone [21,22]
lavandulol [20,22,23,24]
limonene [22,23,24,25]
linalool [18,19,21,22,23,24,26]
myrcene [16,21]
neral, geranyl acetate, neryl acetate, (Z)-ocimene [18,22]
nerol [16,18,21,22,27]
bornyl acetate [15,22,23,24]
chrysanthenyl acetate [15,16,21,24,26,27]
(Z)-chrysanthenyl acetate [16,18]
linalyl acetate [16,22,23,24]
sabinyl acetate [15,18,20,22,24]
(E)-sabinyl acetate [16,21,23,28]
thujyl acetate [1]
p-cymene [1,16,18,22,23]
linalyl propionate [23,24]
sabinene [18,20,21,22,23,24]
thymol [24]
santolinatriene [23,25]
(Z)-linalooloxide [22,23,24]
(E)-linalool oxide [22,24]
epoxyocymene [21,24]
tricyclene [29]
α-phellandrene [16,18,20,23]
α-pinene [1,16,18,19,22,23,24,25]
α-terpineol [1,18,20,24,25]
α-thujene [18,22,23]
α-thujone [1,15,16,18,23,24,30]
β-phellandrene [1,18,22]
β-myrcene [18,19,20,23,28]
β-pinene [16,21,22,23,28]
β-thujone [1,15,18,20,23,24,27,28,30,31]
γ-terpinene [18,20,22,23]
Sesquiterpenoids
(E)-nerolidol, ar-curcumene, diepi-α-cedrene, bisabolol oxide, α-copaene, β-gurjunene [18]
(E,E)-farnesyl acetate, (E,E)-farnesal, (Z,E)-α-farnesene, (E,E)-farnesyl 3-methylbutanoate, 7-α-silphiperfol-5-ene, allo-aromadendrene, bicyclogermacrene, (Z)-bisabolene, cyperene, epi-β-santalene, hexahydrofarnesyl acetone, petasitene, pethybrene, presilphiperfol-7-ene, (E)-nerolidyl propanoate, silfinen-1-en, silphiperfol-6-ene, humulene oxide II, α-cedrene, α-gurjunene, α-isocomene, α-santalene, α-(E)-bergamotene, β-bisabolene, β-eudesmol, β-isocomene, β-santalene, γ-humulene [23]
elemol, guaiazulene, cadinene, α-himachalene [1]
germacrene D [16,19,22,26]
caryophyllene [1,24]
curcumene [21]
nerolidol, (E)-farnezene [25]
spathulenol [18,27]
bisabololoxide B [27]
caryophyllene oxide [1,21,22,23,24,25,27]
(E)-caryophyllene [26]
α-bisabolene, α-calacorene, γ-curcumene, γ-muurolene [22]
α-bisabolol [18,22,23,27]
α-humulene [18,22,23]
α-copaen [22,23]
β-bourbonene [18,23]
β-elemene [19,23]
β-caryophyllene [18,19,20,23]
β-selinene [18,22,23,24,26]
γ-gurjunene [18,23]
γ-cadinene [18,22]
δ-cadinene [18,23,25]
Diterpenoids
1-(E)-8-isopropyl-1,5-dimethyl-nona-4,8-dienyl-4-methyl-2,3-dioxa-bicyclo(2, 2, 2)oct-5-ene, iso-1-(E)-8-isopropyl-1,5-dimethyl-nona-4,8-dienyl-4-methyl- 2,3-dioxa-bicyclo(2, 2, 2)oct-5-ene [1,32]
vulgarol A, vulgarol B [18]
Phenylpropanoids
methyleugenol [27]
estragole [27]