• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.417-424
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• 1989

The volatile constituents of Mugwort seeds were extracted by simultaneous steam distillation-extraction apparatus, and analyzed by combined GC and GC-MS. Of the 73 compounds identified from Mugwort seed extract, the main volatile compounds were campher (14.242%), borneol(12.812%), 1.8-cineol(6.437%) and terpinen-4-ol(1.185%) comprising about 35%. Effect of the volatile constituents (champher, borneol, 1.8-cineol, terpinen-4-ol and essential oil) on the growth of Microorganism (B. subtilis, E. coli, S. cerevisiae, L. mesenteroides, L. Plantarum, A. oryzae). Of the volatile compounds had a antibiological effect, terpinen-4-ol was the most effective in volatile compound.