%0 Journal Article %T Chemical composition of the essential oil of Salvia limbata C. A. Mey %A Seyed Ebrahim Sajjadi %A Zahra Shahpiri %J DARU : Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences %D 2004 %I BioMed Central %X The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Salvia limbata C.A. Mey. (Lamiaceae) was analyzed by GC/MS. Among the forty-two constituent, forty components were characterized representing 98.6% of the total component which were detected. Bicyclogermacrene (21.1%), ¦Á-pinene (15.5%), 1,8-cineole (11.0%), sabinene (10.6%), ¦Â-pinene (9.2%), spathulenol (8.2%), ¦Â-caryophyllene (5.3%) and ¦Ä-elemene (5.1%) were found to be the major constituents. %K Salvia limbata %K Lamiaceae %K essential oil %K bicyclogermacrene %K ¦Á-pinene %K 1 %K 8-cineole %U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/13.pdf&manuscript_id=13