Phytochemical Analysis of Essential oil of Tanacetum parthenium L. with Hydro-distillation and Steam Distillation

Abstract

<em>Tanacetum parthenium</em> L. known as feverfew is a medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens. It has been used in folk medicine for reducing fever<strong>. </strong>Feverfew is a member of the daisy family<em>;</em> it is used primarily to prevent migraine headaches and to treat rheumatoid arthritis<em>.</em>It hasa colorless essential oil that contains one or more of the sesquiterpene lactones as active principle.<em> Tanasetum parthenium</em> cultivated in Iran, were extracted with hydro-distillation and steam distillation and their chemical essential oils composition were investigated by GC/MS. Major components obtained in hydro-distilled method were camphor (36.2%), isoborneol (20.3%), bornyl acetate (14.3%), champhene (8.1%),p-cymene(5.1%) and in steam distilled method were camphor (20.9%), bornyl acetate (14.24%), isobornyl isovalerate (7.1%), bornyl 2-methylbutyrate (5.9%),p-allylanisole (6.3%). The yield of essential oil with hydro-distillation was 0.05% and for steam distillation were 0.12%.