abstract the essential oil produced from the heartwood of santalum album l. was analyzed using gc/ms. forty-four constituents were identified: one monoterpene and 43 sesquiterpenes. 2,10-bisaboladien-6-ol (= -bisabolol/epi--bisabolol) was one of the trace compounds found in east indian sandalwood oil. chiral gc analysis showed that besides the main stereoisomer, which possessed an (r,r)-configuration, all three other isomers were also present.