The oils extracted by hydro distillation from the aerial parts of Artemisia scoparia waldst. & kitag
growing wild in two regions on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau were analyzed by GC-MS. Eighty-three
components were identified representing 97.5% of the total components detected. The major
constituents of the oil from the samples obtained in the eastern of Riyue Mountain (2700 - 3200 m)
were 2-ethenyl-naphthalene (45.1%), beta-pinene (11.2%), 3-carene (8.7%), 3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-
octatriene (7.9%), limonene (5.4%), alpha-pinene (3.5%) and beta-myrcene (2.0%). Whereas the
oil from the plant collected in Qilian Mountain (3300 - 3500 m) was composed mainly of thujone
(21.4%), 1,8-cineole (18.9%), camphor (9.1%), 4-methyl-1-(1-methyl ethyl)-3-cyclo hexen-1-ol
(7.8%), 4-methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-3-one (5.3%) and 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-
3-cyclohexen-1-one(5.0%).
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