abstract the essential oils obtained from the dried leaves, flowers, stem and aerial parts of salvia aethiopis l. (labiatae) were analyzed using gc and gc/ms. eighteen components were identified in the oil of leaves with -copaene (23.8%), -caryophyllene (23.3%) and germacrene d (18%) as main constituents. twenty-two compounds were identified in the oil of flowers with -caryophyllene (24.1%), germacrene d (18.4%) and -copaene (18.1%) as main components. eighteen compounds were characterized in the oil of stem with -copaene (24.9%), -caryophyllene (20.9%) and germacrene d (17.8%) as main constituents. twenty-nine compounds were characterized in the oil of aerial parts with -caryophyllene (23.8%), -copaene (21%) and germacrene d (18.6%) as main constituents.