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Despite its ecological importance,\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      remains insufficiently studied in Kazakhstan, in particular with regard to its phytochemical properties and raw material reserves in the Northern Aral Sea region. Therefore, this study focuses on the preliminary assessment of the resource potential and essential oil composition of the aboveground parts of\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      in this region.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Classical geobotanical methods were used to describe each site and its resource objects. The yield was determined using two basic methods: clipping and model bushes. Based on the obtained yield data, the operational stock and the volume of possible annual processed air-dried raw material were calculated, taking into account a four-year recovery period. Essential oil was isolated from the air-dried aerial parts of\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      by hydrodistillation. The chemical composition of the essential oil was analysed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results and Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The assessment of\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      resource potential in the Northern Aral Sea region identified five thickets, covering an area of 51.8 ha. In these thickets, total operational stock was 13.06 tons of air-dried raw materials with a possible annual processed volume of 2.61 tons. GC-MS analysis of\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      essential oil from aerial parts identified 105 compounds with mass spectral matches \u2265 85%. The oil was dominated by 18 compounds (approximately 70% of the total), with pseudolimonene (12.6%), \u03b1-bisabolol (11.77%), geranyl acetate (7.74%), and 3-carene (6.5%) as the major constituents. Several components detected in this study, including geranyl acetate, have not previously been reported for this species in the available literature. These findings expand current knowledge of the chemical composition of\n                      <jats:italic>A. arenaria<\/jats:italic>\n                      and may contribute to future investigations of its chemotypic variability and potential biological properties.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.21295","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,13]],"date-time":"2026-05-13T08:51:55Z","timestamp":1778662315000},"page":"e21295","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Resource potential and essential oil composition of\n                    <i>Artemisia arenaria<\/i>\n                    DC. in the Northern Aral Sea Region"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zhuldyz","family":"Salmukhanbetova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, Kazakhstan"},{"name":"Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhanat","family":"Karzhaubekova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liliya","family":"Dimeyeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nadezhda","family":"Gemejiyeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4443","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"10.7717\/peerj.21295\/ref-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2542","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules17032542","article-title":"The Artemisia L. genus: a review of bioactive essential oils","volume":"17","author":"Abad","year":"2012","journal-title":"Molecules"},{"issue":"83","key":"10.7717\/peerj.21295\/ref-2","first-page":"8","article-title":"The effectiveness of topical application of ointment containing bisabolol in the treatment of diseases of the oral mucosa and lips","volume":"4","author":"Allik","year":"2021","journal-title":"Dental Forum"},{"issue":"93","key":"10.7717\/peerj.21295\/ref-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.15328\/cb1055","article-title":"Investigation of chemical constituents of Artemisia albicerata","volume":"2","author":"Amantay","year":"2019","journal-title":"Chemical Bulletin of Kazakh National University"},{"key":"10.7717\/peerj.21295\/ref-4","first-page":"2256","article-title":"A study on the elemental contents of medicinally important species of Artemisia L. 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