DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences131Composition of the volatile oil of Achillea conferta DC. from Iran3436Soodabeh SaeidniaAhmad Reza GohariNargues YassaAbbas Shafiee20151006Top flowered aerial parts of Achillea conferta DC. (Compositae), which is found in the central and western regions of Iran were collected from Taleghan area and the volatile oil was isolateds by hydrodistillation. The oil (0.2 % V/W) was analyzed by GC and GC/MS using DB-5 column. Forty-eight components, representing 91.4% of the oil were identified. The main components were camphor (22.1%) and 1,8-cineole (10.0%). The percentage of oxygenated compounds was 79.0% of the total oil. The oil o was rich in monoterpenes with two typical major components of Achillea species, camphor (22.1%) and 1, 8- cineole (10.0%).https://daru.tums.ac.ir/index.php/daru/article/view/230https://daru.tums.ac.ir/index.php/daru/article/download/230/230