Table 7

No.	Component^†	A = wild	B = cultivated UZ Farm				C = cultivated Murehwa
No.	Component^†	A (%) 1996 n = (3)	B_o (%) 9/1996 (1)	B₁ (%) 5/97 (3)	B₂ (%) 8/97 (1)	B₃ (%) 4/98 (2)	C₁ (%) 5/97 (1)	C₂ (%) 3/98 (1)	C₃ (%) 4/98 (1)	S/dry herb C₄ (%) (2)
1	Tricylene	0.1-0.2	tr	0.1-0.2	0.1	0.0-0.1	0.1	0.3	---	tr-0.2
2 + 3	a-Pinene + a-thujone	0.4-1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5-1.1	0.7	1.3	1.75	0.9-1.1
4	a-Fenchene	0.2-1.0	1.4	0.6-1.1	0.7	0.4-0.9	---	0.6	---	tr
5	Camphene	0.3-3.9	8.0	3.9-4.0	0.6	3.0-3.8	3.0	5.2	5.6	3.4-4.5
6	b-Pinene	0.1-0.7	0.4	0.3-0.4	3.7	0.2-0.3	0.3	1.5	0.5	0.3-0.5
7	Sabinene	0.1-2.6	0.2	0.3-0.4	0.3	0.2-0.5	7.9	0.6	7.3	1.5-6.3
8	Myrcene	0.1-1.0	1.6	0.5	0.3		0.6	1.0	1.1	tr-0.6
9	a-Terpinene	0.1-1.1	0.3	0.3	---	0.2-1.8	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.6-1.3
10	Dehydro-1,8-cineole	0.1-0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	tr-0.3	0.2	0.7	0.2	tr-0.2
11	Limonene	0.1-0.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5			tr-0.4
12	1,8-Cineole	0.1-27.9	10.7	16.5-16-9	15.7	10.9-15.3	23.5	25.1	28.7	22.5-29.3
13	(E)-β-Ocimene	0.1-0.3	tr	0.2	---	tr-1.0	---	---	---	tr-0.4
14	g-Terpinolene	0.3-1.9	0.7	0.6	---	tr-0.2	1.3	0.2	2.6	1.3-2.4
15	p-Cymene	0.3-2.0	0.8	1.0-1.1	1.6	0.6-1.5	1.2	1.3	1.2	2.2-2.7
16	Terpinolene	0.1-0.5	0.3	0.2	---	tr-0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3-0.6
17	Artemisia ketone	6.3-41.9	0.1	32.1-32.5	34-8	32.1-33.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	tr-0.4
18	Santolina alcohol	3.1-10.1	---	2.5-4.5	8.0	2.7-4.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	tr-0.1
19	a-Thujone	1.0-2.9	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.2-4.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	tr
20	Artemisyl acetate	tr-0.1	---	---	0.5	1.0-0.9	0.1	---	0.2	tr-0.1
21	b-Thujone	tr	---	---	---	tr-0.2	---	tr	tr	tr-0.3
22	cis-Sabinene hydrate	0.2-0.5	0.4	0.1	---	tr-0.2	1.3	0.8	1.3	1.0
23	Artemisia alcohol	tr-0.3	---	0.1	---	tr-0.1	---	0.1	---	tr-0.2
24/25	a-Copaene/Camphor	8.5-27.1	50.3	23.0-23.1	21.8	24.3-24.4	20.6	21.3	20.2	6.2-19.9
26	trans-Sabinene hydrate	1.8-4.4	3.5	0.1-3.5	3.5	3.0-3.7	---	---	---	tr-0.1
27	cis-p-Menth-2-en-1-ol	0.2-0.4	0.8	0.1-0.2	---	0.1-0.5	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.0
28	Bornyl acetate	0.3-1.5	0.5	0.2-0.3	0.7	0.6-0.7	3.3	1.6	1.8	2.7-4.2
29	b-Caryophyllene	0.5-2.3	1.2	0.7	0.7	0.4-0.8	5.0	2.0	2.4	2.0-2.8
30	Terpinene-4-ol	tr-0.1	---	0.1	---	tr-0.1	0.5	0.3	0.7	tr-0.8
31	Myrtenal	---	---	0.1	---	---	0.6	0.4	0.3	tr
32	trans-p-Meth-2-en-1-ol	0.2-0.3	---	0.1	---	0.1-0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	tr-0.3
33	Not identified	tr-0.1	---	0.1	---	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	tr-1.3
34	d-Terpineol	0.1-2.5	0.7	0.3	---	tr-0.5	1.0	0.9	0.9	tr-0.1
35	Borneol	0.6-3.4	2.8	0.8-0.9	0.8	1.4-	17.0	15.3	14.2	17.9-19.1
36	a-Terpineol	0.1-0.7	0.4	0.2-0.3	0.4	2.4	1.9	0.9	0.2	0.2-8.1
37	Bicyclogermacrene	0.2-0.5	---	0.3	---	0.5-0.8	0.2	---	0.2	---
38	Piperitol*	0.1-0.7	1.8	0.4	---	tr-0.6	0.1	0.1	---	tr-0.1
39	d-Cadinene	0.5-0.8	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0-1.2	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.9-1.0
40	Cuminaldehyde	tr-0.5	0.2	0.1	---	0.1-0.7	0.2	tr	0.2	tr-0.3
41	Myrtenol	tr-0.1	0.3	0.1	---	0.1-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	tr-0.1
42	Calamenene*	0.1-0.9	0.1	0.1	---	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	tr-0.2
43	cis-Carveol	---	0.1	---	---	0.1	0.1	tr	0.1	tr
44	Not identified	---	0.1	tr	---	---	0.1	tr	0.1	tr-0.1
45	Not identified	---	0.3	tr	---	---	0.1	0.1	0.1	tr
46	trans-Caryophyllene oxide	tr-0.1	0.1	0.1	---	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	tr-0.1
47	Methyl linolenate	tr-0.1	---	---	---	---	0.1	---	0.1	tr-0.1
48	Germacrene-D-4-ol	---	0.1	---	---	---	0.1	---	---	tr
49	Methyl linolenate**	---	0.1	---	---	---	0.1	---	0.2	tr
50	p-Cymen-8-ol	---	0.1	tr	---	---	0.1	0.1	---	tr-0.1
51	Spathulenol	---	---	---	---	0.3-0.6	0.1	0.2	---	---
52	T-muurolol	tr-0.5	0.4	0.1	---	tr-0.6	0.2	---	0.1	0.4-0.6
53	Intermedeol	tr-0.4	0.1	---	0.3	0.1-0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	tr
54	Not identified	---	---	---	---	---	0.4	---	---	tr-1.7

† Identified by GC-MS; * Isomer not identified; ** Tentative. n = no. of batches.
Flavor and Fragrance Journal, 14 (2), Chagonda L. S, Chalchat, J-Claude, The essential oil of cultivated Artemisia afra (Jacq.) from Zmbabwe, 140-142, 1999. Reproduced by permission of John Wiley and Sons [143].

Table 7: Percentage of major constituents in wild and cultivated A. afra.