Research Article

Asteraceae Artemisia campestris and Artemisia herba-alba Essential Oils Trigger Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest in Leishmania infantum Promastigotes

Table 1

Chemical composition (%) of A. campestris and A. herba-alba essential oils.

CompoundRIA. campestrisA. herba-alba

Monoterpene hydrocarbons
α-Thujene9320.41
α-Pinene93812.250.26
Camphene9540.192.86
Sabinene9672.35
β-Pinene97832.95
β-Myrcene9945.51
α-Phellandrene10070.13
α-Terpinene10221.04
p-Cymene10252.281.4
α-Limonene103015.133.99
α-Ocimene10413.041.99
β-Ocimene10523.370.61
-Terpinene10607.60
α-Terpinolene10950.75
Oxygenated monoterpenes
1,8-Cineole103213.85
Linalool10980.14
Filifolone11082.07
α-Thujone11107.65
β-Thujone11157.21
Chrysanthenone11228.8
Camphor114736.82
Pinocarvone11601.99
Borneol11653.99
Terpinen-4-ol11762.09
α-Terpineol11980.75
Myrtenal12040.181.72
Cuminaldhehyde12360.87
Bornyl acetate12860.82
Geraniol acetate13900.37
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons
β-Caryophyllene14880.19
Germacrene D14800.95
Bicyclogermacrene14860.270.61
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes
Spathulenol15740.76
Caryophyllene oxide15850.29
β-Eudesmol16672.91

Total identified (%)94.9598.46

Monoterpene hydrocarbons (%) 8711.11
Oxygenated monoterpenes (%)3.5385.79
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (%)0.461.56
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (%)3.96

RI: retention indices relative to -alkanes (C9–C24) on HP-5MS column. —: not detected.