A PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARTEMISIA ARGENTEA L'HER GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

The phytochemical examination of Artemisia argentea L'Her. established the Pharmacopoeial constants and the percentage of extractives of the different organs. Such examination proved the presence of volatile oil, flavonoid aglycones and glycosides, sesquiterpene lactones, unsaturated sterols and or triterpenes, carbohydrates, besides traces of alkaloids or nitrogenous bases in the examined organs.