abstract salvia sclarea l. essential oil samples collected from three different climatic regions viz., kashmir, uttarakhand and uttar pradesh in india have been analyzed by capillary gc, enantio-gc and gc/ms. linalool (23.6%), -terpineol (3.8%), linalyl acetate (51.2%), -caryophyllene (3.2%), germacrene d (1.3%) and sclareol (1.3%) were recorded in the oil s. sclarea cultivated in lucknow up while the kashmir oil sample possessed the highest percentage of linalyl acetate (60.8%) and lowest linalool (14.5%) along with -terpineol (1.8%), geranyl acetate (2.2%), -caryophyllene (1.9%), germacrene d (2.6%) and sclareol (1.3%) as the other minor constituents. in contrast, the oil of s. sclarea from purara in uttarakhand showed highest percentage of linalool (29.8%), -terpineol (5.3%) and sclareol (2.3%) and the lowest linalyl acetate (45.7%) among all the three samples. further, high enantiomeric ratios ranged 76.8-79.5% for 3r-(-)-linalool and 78.8-99% for (-)-sclareol were determined on beta dex 110 capillary column. key word index: salvia sclarea lamiaceaeessential oil compositionlinalyl acetatelinaloolenantiomeric distribution