Research on Essential Oil of Moxa (No. 1)

Abstract

It is necessary to research constituents of moxa on the studies of moxibution.
As we analyged the essential oil in moxa with gas liquid chromatography, n-nonacosane and n-hentriacontane were detected. Several compound (ex.: tricosanol, hentricontane, arachinakohol, thujone) have been already detected in moxa. But n-nonacosane and n-hentriacontane are newly detected constituents in moxa.