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Artemisia
Common name: Mugwort
Vernacular name: Titepati
Botanical name: Artemisia Vulgaris L.
Family: Compositae
Description
A tall shrub up to 1m. Leaves alternate, entire, larage, ovate, acute, lower petioled, upper sessile or petioled; leads numerous, discoid, very small, globose, Flowers few, tinged with green and yellow or purple.
Flowering period: April - May.
Parts used: erial parts.
Distribution: The plant is very common throughout Nepal at an altitude ranging between 1200-3400m. Himalayan, China, Korea and Japan.
Propagation: The plant is propagated through seeds.
Method of extraction of Artemisia Oil: Artemisia Oil is obtained by steam distillation of the aerial parts of Artemisia vulgarisL.
| Specification of Artemisia |
| 1. Organoleptic Properties |
| Appearance |
Fluid liquid. |
| Color |
Pale yellow or yellowish. |
| Aroma |
Fresh-camphoraceous, somewhat biter sweet. |
| 2. Physico-chemical Properties |
| Specific gravity |
0.8786 to 0.9265 at 250C. |
| Optical rotation |
(-) 13.25 degree to (-) 29.35 at 25degree C |
| Refractive index |
1.350 to 1.49 at 250C. |
| Acid number |
2.49 to 6.5 |
| Ester number |
25.05 to 55 |
| Ester number after acetylation |
65 to 90 |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in alcohol. |
3. Chemical constituent
Thujone, cineol, pinene. |
4. Uses:
In perfumery and as a flavoring agent |
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