Ika

Compound

Relative peak areas (%)

scCO2b

I-CO2c

Sonicd

μ-wavee

HDf

903

Santonlina triene

0.6

0.6

1.7

2.3

2.1

917

Α-Pinene

-

-

-

0.4

0.8

956

Camphene

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.9

0.6

999

Yogomi alcohol

0.4

0.4

0.1

3.6

8.1

1027

Limonene

2.6

4.1

2.5

4.8

3.6

1033

1,8-Cineole

2.2

1.4

1.6

3.0

2.9

1061

Artemisia ketone

6.8

9.9

7.1

13.3

12.4

1080

Linalool

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.8

1.7

1116

p-Menthatriene

2.4

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.0

1172

Artemisia acetate

22.4

17.4

12.7

25.6

26.8

1174

Aretmisia alcohol

11.3

14.5

11.4

14.7

9.9

1255

Geraniol

4.5

5.5

2.9

6.2

6.2

1305

Bornyl acetate

3.6

2.2

2.5

4.1

8.2

 

8 Sesquiterpenes

13

16

29

-

-

a  Experimentally determined Kováts indices on the DB-5 column.
b  scCO2: Extraction carried out for 20 min. at 50°C, 100 bar, liquid CO2 (at -10°C) was delivered to the extractor vessel at a constant flow rate of 5 mL min-1.
c  I-CO2:  Extraction carried out for 20 min. at 30°C, 100 bar, liquid CO2 (at -10°C) was delivered to the extractor vessel at a constant flow rate of 5 mL min-1.
d  Ultrasonic irradiation for 30 min., in diethyl ether at ambient temperature and pressure.
e  Microwave irradiation for 10 min, at ambient pressure.
f  Hydrodistilation for 180 min.

Green Chemistry, 7, N. Asfaw, P. Licence, A. A. Novitskii, M. Poliakoff, Green chemistry in Ethiopia: The cleaner extraction of essential oils from Artemisia afra:  a comparison of clean technology with conventional methodology, 352-356, 2005]. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry [137].

Table 5: A. afra components determined by GC-FID analysis.