Nat. Volatiles & Essent. Oils, 2021; 8(1): 22-28 Sarri et al. DOI: 10.37929/nveo.827601 RESEARCH ARTICLE Chemical composition of essential oil from the aerial parts of Santolina rosmarinifolia L. a wild Algerian medicinal plant Djamel Sarri1,*, Noui Hendel2, Hadjer Fodil1,3, Giuseppe Ruberto4 and Madani Sarri1,5,* 1Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of M’sila, 28000, M’sila, ALGERIA 2Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of M’sila, 28000, M’sila, ALGERIA 3Laboratory of Biology, Water and Environment (LBWE), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences and Earth and Universe Sciences, University of May 8, 1945, 24000, Guelma, ALGERIA 4Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ICB-CNR), Via Paolo Gaifami, 18, 95126 Catania, ITALY 5Laboratory of Phytotherapy Applied to Chronic Diseases (LPACD), Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Setif1, 19000, Setif, ALGERIA *Corresponding authors. Email:
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[email protected] Submitted: 21.11.2020; Accepted: 11.01.2021 Abstract The analysed essential oil in this study was obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Santolina rosmarinifolia L. (Asteraceae) collected from Hodna area of Algeria. This species is a medicinal herb traditionally used in Algeria. Its essential oil has been analyzed by combining GC-FID and GC-MS. The analysis led to the identification of eighty-two components, representing 91.84% of the whole composition of the sample. The main components were capillene (32.8%), 1,8-cineole (15.1%) and β-myrcene (14.0%). Keywords: Santolina rosmarinifolia L., Asteraceae, Essential oil, GC-MS Analysis, Algeria Introduction The Santolina L.