چكيده فارسي :
Salvia, the largest genus of the family Lamiaceae, includes about 900 species widespread all over the world. Sixty species are found in Iran, seventeen of which are endemic [1] .Salvia is a knowledged worldwide as an important genus because of the beneficial uses of the essential oils produced by the foliage and many Salvia species have been used in folk medicines making members of this genus a popular choice of researchers. Some of these species have been studied in many parts of the world and range of traditional applications of the herbs in domestic medicine seems to be endless, they have been used as a medication against perspiration and fever, as a carminative, a spasmolytic, an antiseptic and also is found to possess antibacterial, antifungal, anti- inflammatory activities [2].In this study the composition of the essential oil from the leaf of Salvia indica, (syn: Salvia brachycalyx Boiss.), which was collected from Lorestan province, in July 2015, obtained by salventfree microwave extraction method analysed by GC and GC/MS.In S.indica oil, thirty-nine components, which representing 91.8% of the total composition, were identified.The leaf oil of S.indica consisted of three monoterpene hydrocarbons (1.1%), one oxygenated monoterpene (0.8%), fourteen sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (29.7%), seventeen oxygenated sesquiterpenes (52.1%), two diterpenes (7.5%) and two aliphatic compounds (0.6%). Spathulenol (34.7%) and -caryophyllene (16.9%) were the major components in this oil followed by sclareoloxide (7.1%), bicyclogermacrene (6.7%), copaen -4-α-ol (5.6%) and cedr-1 (15)-en-9-α-ol (5.0%).
