@article{Mustafayeva_Serkerov_2015, title={CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF PYRETHRUM BALSAMITA (L.) WILLD. FROM AZERBAIJAN}, url={http://journal.asu.ru/cw/article/view/566}, DOI={10.14258/jcprm.201502566}, abstractNote={<p class="a"><em><span lang="EN-US">Pyrethrum balsamita </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(L.) Willd. (syn.: <em>Tanacetum balsamita</em> L.) is a </span><span lang="AZ-LATIN">wild-growing plant in Azerbaijan.</span><em><span lang="EN-GB">P. balsamita</span></em><em></em><span lang="EN-US">refers to perennial plant which grows up to 25 and 90 cm.</span><em></em><span lang="EN-GB">The plant is</span><span lang="EN-US">polycarpic, mezophyte. It grows in fragments, forming small clumps. This is a common plant in Azerbaijan, and mainly grows in the northern and central parts of the Minor Caucasus and mountainous part of </span><span lang="EN-GB">Nakhchivan </span><span lang="EN-US">AR. It occurs in damp or swampy meadows, along the mountain streams of subalpine to alpine zone.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> In traditional medicine, the aerial part of <em>P. balsamita </em>is used as an infusion for stomach cramps as a painkiller during budding and flowering. The powder of the flowers is used as anthelmintic. Small amounts of the young leaves, stems, buds at the beginning of budding are added to salads, meat and fish soups, vegetable dishes, and the powder of herbs - in desserts and pastries, as well as other drinks and kvass as a spice. Essential oil of <em>P. balsamita </em>used in perfumery, cosmetic industry and also in food industry.</span><span lang="EN-US"> The composition of the essential oil that hydrodistilled from the above ground parts of plant in the </span><span lang="EN-US">end of the budding and in the beginning of the flowering<span> periods</span> were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The </span><span lang="EN-GB">above-ground part of </span><span lang="EN-US">plant contains 0,6% of essential oil, that has <span>brown</span> colour and camphor odour. In total 23 components were identified. T</span><span lang="EN-GB">he major compounds of essential oil were camphor (+)- ( 25,29%) and L-borneol (21,84%).</span></p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Химия растительного сырья}, author={Mustafayeva, Sitara Jalal and Serkerov, Sirajeddin Veli}, year={2015}, month={апр.}, pages={257-259} }