Study of Component Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Achillea Nobilis L. Essential Oil

Abstract

The component composition of nobleyarrow L. essential oil growing in Azerbaijan was studied for the first time by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method. 35 components, mainly terpenoid compounds, are identified in the essential oil of which the main ones are 15 components: artemisia ketone (23,7%), α-thujone (22,4%), 2-bornanone (6,4%), eudesma-7(11)-en-4-ol (6,3%), eucalyptol (4,5%), cubenol (3,3%), lavandulol (3,0%), β-thujone (2,9%), β-eudesmol (2,7%), methyl hinokiate (2,1%), terpinene-4-ol (1,7%), 1,2-longidione (1,3%), limonen-6-ol, pivalate (1,2%), neryl (S)-2-methylbutanoate (1,1%), сaryophyllene oxide (1,0%). As a result of noble yarrow essential oil research it was determined that, essential oil has high antimicrobial activity relative to Staphylacoccus aureus.