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

Table 2.

The chemical composition of A. absinthium herb.

Chemical Group Compound References
Sesquiterpenoid lactones absintholide [9,16]
absinthin [1,9,15,16,21,31]
anabsin, ketopepenolid-A, β-santonin [16]
anabsinthin [16,21,31]
arabsin, ketopelenolide, santonin related lactones [21]
artabin [16,21]
artabsin [15,16,21]
artenolide, deacetyloglobicin, isoabsinthin, parishine B and C [9]
germacranolide, hydroxypelenolide [34]
caruifolin D [41]
matricin [9,16]
Bitter principles 24-zeta-ethylcholesta-7,22-dien-3-β-ol, artamaridin, artamaridinin, artamarin, artamarinin, quebrachitol [21]
Azulenes 3,6-dihydrochamazulene [26]
7-ethyl-1,4-dimethylazulene [19]
7-ethyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-dimethylazulene [16]
azulene [1,21]
chamazulene [18,21,22,23,26,28]
dihydrochamazulene isomer [16]
prochamazulenogen [21]
Flavonoids quercetin-3-rutinoside [36]
5,6,32′,5′-tetramethoxy 7,4′-hydroxyflavone [21,42]
5-hydroxy-3,3′,4′,6,7-pentamethoxyflavone, glycosides of quercetin [21]
apigenin, quercetin dihydrate, flavone, kaempferol, catechin, myristin, naryngenin [22]
artemetin [1,21,34]
Artemisia bis-isoflavonyl dirhamnoside, Artemisia isoflavonyl glucosyl diester [1]
casticin [34]
quercetin [16]
rutoside [16,21]
Chalcones cardamonin [38,39]
Coumarins herniarin [27]
coumarin [22]
Phenolic acids 1′,3′-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 1′,5′-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3′,5′-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4′,5′-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 5′-O-caffeoylquinic acid [37]
chlorogenic acid [16,21,36,37]
ferulic acid [22,31]
gallic acid [22,35]
caffeic acid [16,21,22,31,35]
coumaric acid, salicylic acid [16]
p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, tannic acid [22]
syringic acid, vanillic acid [16,22]
Organic acids succinic acid, malic acid, (E)-cinnamic acid [22,31]
Fatty acids 9- hydroxy-(E)-10,12-octadecadienoic acid, 13- hydroxy-(E), (E)-9, 11-octadcadienoic acid, epoxyoleic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid [1]
dodecanoic acid [18]
Sterols 3,11-dimethyldodecan-1,7-dioic acid-1-β-D-glucopyranosyl-6′- octadec-9′′-enoate, lanost-24-en-3β-ol-11-one-28-oic acid-21,23 α-olide-3β-D-glucopyranosyl-2′-dihydrocaffeoate-6′- decanoate [40]
Fatty acid glycosides ethyl linoleate, methyl linoleate, ethyl palmitate, methyl palmitate [23]
Tannins nd * [16,21,22,31]
Lignans nd [16,21]
Carotenoids nd [16,21]
Resinous substances nd [31]
Polysaccharides nd [43]
Other compounds (5Z)-2,6-dimethylocta-5,7-diene-2,3-diol [19]
(Z)-2,6-dimethylocta-5,7-diene-2,3-diol [24,26]
(Z)-jasmone, 2-ethyl-4-methyl-1,3-pentadienylbenzene, 3-octanol, bicyclo[2.2.1]-hept-2-en-7-ol, (E)-3-hexenyl butyrate, (Z)-3-hexenyl butyrate, benzeneacetaldehyde, fraganol, 3,7-dimethyl-2-metyl propanoic acid [18]
1H-benzocycloheptene, 4-hexen-1-ol, benzenemethanol, benzene, 1-butanol, en-in-dicycloether, (E)-photonerol, [25]
(E)-nuciferyl 2-methylpropanoate, albene, (E)-nuciferyl butanoate, hexanal, (Z)-nuciferyl propanoate [23]
trimethoxybezoic acid [1]
(E)-3-hexenyl butyrate [19,26]
nuciferol butanoate, nuciferol propionate [21]
silica [31]
stigmast-5,22-dien-3β-ol-21-oic acid-3β-glucopyranosyl-2′- octadec-9′′-enoate, tricosan-14-on-1,4-olide-5-eicos-9′-enoate [40]

* nd—no data.