Chemical composition of the essential oil from the aerial parts of Salvia bazmanica Rech. f. & Esfand

Essential oil from aerial parts of Salvia bazmanica Rech. f. & Esfand, an endemic species to Iran, was extracted using hydro-distillation method and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-one compounds were identified in essential oil of this species through comparing retention indices and mass spectra of each compound with that of standard compounds. β-pinene (37.5%), β-phellandrene (15.3%), α-thujene (9.5%) and α-pinene (8.9%) were determined as major constituents in the essential oil. The oil was richer in monoterpenes than in sesquiterpenes.