Volatile Constituents of the Essential Oil ofTanacetum longifoliumWall.

The essential oils from aerial parts and roots of Tanacetum longifolium Wall. (Asteraceae) were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The blue colored oil from the aerial parts contained trans-sabinyl acetate (43.2%) and trans-sabinol (12.7%) as the major compounds. More than forty other compounds were also identified. In contrast, the yellow colored root oil contained terpinen-4-ol (25.8%), sabinene (23.4%) and p-cymene (12.3%) as the major constituents.