Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil from the Aerial Parts of Satureja hortensis As a Potent Medical Plant Using Traditional Hydrodistillation

The water-distilled essential oils, which were obtained from the fresh aerial parts of satureja hortensis were analyzed by means of gc and cc/ms instruments. the plant was collected during the flowering stage from foroomad mountains, semnan province, and heart of iran. twenty compounds were identified in the different samples analyzed, representing 100% of the total oil contents. in terms of general categories, monoterpene hydrocarbons dominated the chemical profile of the oils with y-terpinene (27.4%), carvacrol (23.7%), p-cymene ( 11 . 1 %), α-terpinene ( 1 0 . 2 %), α-pinene (5 . 1 %) and myrcene ( 5 . 1 %) as the main constituent components. the other constituents were found to be α-thujene (3 . 9 %), β-pinene (3 . 0%), sylvestrene (3 . 0 %), α-phellandrene ( 1 .2%) and (-)- terpinen- 4-ol (1.0% ).