[Analysis of essential oil from Artemisia annul L. by extraction of different methods]

Essential oils from Artemisia annul L. were extracted with CO2 supercritical fluid and steam distilation. The essential oils were analyzed and contrasted by GC-MS. 114 components were identified by computer index. The rate of total components by supercritical CO2 fluid extraction and steam distillation were 81.24% and 85.75% respectively. Some of them such as diphenylene-Methane, Phenyl-1-naphthylamine were discovered from the plant for the first time.