%0 Journal Article %T Composition of the essential oil of Phlomis olivieri Benth. from north of Iran %A Parisa Sarkhail %A Gholamreza Amin %A Abbas Shafiee %J DARU : Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences %D 2006 %I BioMed Central %X The composition of hydrodistilled essential oil from aerial parts of Phlomis olivieri Benth. (Lamiaceae), were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Twenty two constituents, representing 93.6% of the oil of P. olivieri were identified. The main compounds were germacrene D (66.1%), ¦Â- selinene (5.1%), b-caryophyllene (4.2%) and -pinene (4.2%). A comparison of the composition of this oil with other oils of P. olivieri from different regions showed that germacrene D and ¦Â- caryophyllene are main compounds of all oils. %K Germacrene D %U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/2376.pdf&manuscript_id=2376