chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of achillea filipendulina lam. from iran

The hydrodistillation volatiles separated from flowers, leaves an steams of achillea filipendula lam, a growing wild plant collected in the kurdistan province of iran were investigated. the essential oil of the plant were. the hydrodistillation volatiles component separated from flowers, leaves and stems of achilla filipendula lam. were analyzed by gc and gc/ms. the main components in the flower oil were alpha-terpineol(11.2%) chrysanthenyl acetate(10.6%) gamma–terpinene(8.6%).the main components in the leaves oil were 1,8 – cineole (30%) chrysanthenyl acetate (18.7%) and bornyl acetate(14%). the main constituents in the stem oil were borneol (18%), 1,8- cineole (14.4%) chrysathenyl acetate (12.4%) and bornyl acetate (11.3%).