The essential oil from the aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry. A total of 32 compounds were identified representing 98.0% of the total oil composition. A. scoparia oil was dominated by the diacetylenes 1-phenyl-2,4-pentadiyne (34.2%) and capillene (4.9%). Other major components were β-pinene (21.3%), methyl eugenol (5.5%), α-pinene (5.4%), myrcene (5.2%), limonene (5.0%), and (E)-β-ocimene (3.8%). The oil was tested for in-vitro cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 cells, but was inactive.
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Sharopov, F. S., & Setzer, W. N. (2011). The essential oil of Artemisia scoparia from Tajikistan is dominated by phenyldiacetylenes. Natural Product Communications, 6(1), 119–122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578x1100600128