Artemisia vulgaris yields a volatile oil consisting of cineol, thujone, paraffin and

aldehyde. The plants roots contain inulin, tannin, resin and a volatile oil, 0.1 per cent.
Study of crude extract yielded alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, saponins, sterols,
tannins and terpenes. Essential oil from aerial parts yielded 14 compounds (93.34 % of
the oil). The main constituents were Isobornyl isobutyrate (38.06%), -pinene (30.13 %),
dl-Limonene (6.23%), -3- Carene (4.80%), -pinene (4%), -Terpinene (2.76%) and
trans-Rose oxide (2.00%). Elemental analysis yielded average concentrations (ppm):
Pb 25.8001.95, Cu 13.6000.46, Zn 31.700 0.70, Cr 05.3750.41, Cd 0.5000.79 , Mn
41.6500.05, Fe 0393.1300.67, Ni 00.0000.14, Co 2.0500.27, Na 1118.8000.52, K
15325.000.67, Ca 7177.5000.67, and Mg 0910.0000.12. The major components of
essential oil from stems were camphor, camphene, -thujone, 1,8-cineole, -muurolene
and -caryophyllene.