Essential oil composition of Teucrium polium L. fruits

The essential oil content in the fruits of the native species Teucrium polium growing wild in south of Iran was found to be 1.2% based on the fresh weight. The oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Forty-five constituents, representing 91.2% of the oil were identified. The major components of the oil were -pinene (18.2%), elemol (14.5%), -pinene (10.1%), cubenol (10.0%), and limonene (5.0%).