Chemical components of essential oils from Flos chrysanthemi Indici in different areas / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide the foundation for reasonable utilization by analysing the essential oils of Flos chrysanthemi Indici in different areas.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The essential oils were extracted by using steam distillation and separated with GC capillary columns. The components were quantitatively determined with normalization method, and were identified with GC-MS.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>18, 17 and 20 compounds of essential oils from Guangxi, Guangdong and Hubei were identified.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There are significant differences among the components and contents of essential oils of Flos chrysanthemi Indici from Guangxi, Guangdong and Hubei.</p>