Artemisia Arborescens Research Articles

Sesquiterpene lactones and lignans from Artemisia arborescens

The aerial parts of Artemisia arborescens yielded, in addition to several known compounds, a new guaianolide, a new homoditerpene endoperoxide, a new lignan of the sesamin type and a new azulene derivative.

Chemical Constituents ofArtemisia arborescensand the Effect of the Aqueous Extract on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscle

Phytochemical analysis of the ground aerial parts of Artemisia arborescens resulted in the isolation from the ethanolic extract of the known compounds: artemitin, arborescin, sesamin, (+)-lirioresinol beta-dimethyl ether, chrysoeriol, apigenin, beta-sitosteryl glucoside, dihydroridentin, and chrysoeriol 4-glucoside. The last six compounds are isolated from this plant for the first time. The same fraction also yielded the new eudesmanolide jordanolide (1). The effect of an aqueous extract of the plant was studied on rat isolated ileum, uterus, and urinary bladder. The aqueous extract (AE) caused a concentration-dependent reduction in the amplitude of the phasic contractions and in the tone of the ileum. On the other hand, AE caused a significant increase in the frequency as well as the amplitude of the phasic contractions and increased the tone of the isolated uterus and the urinary bladder strips. On the uterus, quinacrine, an inhibitor of the release of arachidonic acid and its metabolites, and indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, potentiated rather than inhibited the effects of AE on this tissue. These observations are discussed in relation to the use of the plant extract in folk medicine.

Ovipositional Host Plant Preference of Sepia officinalis

Abstract The present study was undertaken to verify ancient data in the literature on ovipositional preference of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis for the terrestrial plant Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree). -Adult specimens of Sepia were placed in basins together with aerial parts not only of P. lentiscus, but also of Artemisia arborescens, Centaurea alba var. deusta, Quercus ilex and Laurus nobilis. The egg masses deposited on the plants were quantified on a daily basis during the 16 day observation period. By far the largest amounts of eggs were found attached to the stems and petioles of P. lentiscus (51.8%), but Q. ilex and A. arborescens also scored high as ovipositional host plants (23.1 and 20.2% respectively). L. nobilis and C. alba var. deusta ranked very low (3.6 and 1.3% respectively). Considering the extremely divergent shape of the three preferred oviposition substrates, which excludes affinity for a uniform type of plant, the possibility of chemical attraction cannot be ruled out.

Some herborizations on the islet of Pan di Zucchero (Sardinia W-SW)

Abstract The author reports the results of some floristic research carried out on the islet of Pan di Zucchero (W-SW Sardinia). The presence of endemism and of a low and creeping Artemisia arborescens coverage have been pointed out, as well as a natural unviolated state unique among the Sardinian microinsular habitats, due to the inacessibility of the area.

A sesquiterpene lactone from Artemisia arborescens

A new sesquiterpene lactone has been isolated from the aerial parts of Artemisia arborescens. By high-field two-dimensional NMR methods, its constitution and relative stereochemistries at the eight chiral centres have been determined.

Preparative HPLC Separation of Epimeric Guaianolides

Abstract A technique for the preparative HPLC separation of the C-4 epimeric unstable guaianolides matricin and 4-epimatricin, proazulenes isolated from Artemisia arborescens L., is reported.

Constituents of Essential Oil of Artemisia arborescens

By combination of capillary GLC and mass spectrometry it was possible to analyze the composition of the essential oil obtained by steam distillation from leaves and flowers of ARTEMISIA ARBORESCENS L. growing in Sassari (Osilo) in Sardinia. This oil is coloured blue by the presence of relatively high amounts (11.32%) of chamazulene, a substance with anti-inflammatory properties. The oil, after separation in fractions on a silica gel column, was investigated by means of capillary GLC and capillary GLC-MS. Thujone, camphor and chamazulene account for about 75% of the oil. Almost a hundred minor components were found by capillary GLC and 44 were identified.

Contribution à L'Etude Chimique de L'Huile Essentielle D'Artemisia arborescens

From Artemisia arborescens L. (Compositae-Anthemidae) essential oil, (+)-beta-thuyone (main compound), chamazulene and caryophyllene-epoxyde have been isolated; 14 other mono-and sesquiterpenes have been identified. Chemotaxonomical interest of some of the essential oil constituents is discussed.

The stereochemistry of matricin and 4-epimatricin, proazulene sesquiterpene lactones from Artemisia arborescens

An investigation of Artemisia arborescens afforded, in addition to the known compounds matricin, artabsin and artemetin, the new guaianolide 4-epimatricin. The stereostructures of 4-epimatricin and matricin were assigned on the basis of spectroscopic evidence.

Preparative High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Isolation of the True Proazulenes from Artemisia Arborescens L

Abstract The use of the preparative medium-pressure liquid chromatography (prep-MPLC) and the preparative high-pressure liquid chromatography (prep-HPLC) techniques for the separation of the main true proazulenes from a purified extract of Artemisia arborescens L. are reported and discussed.