Essential oil profile of six spontaneous hybrids from male sterile Salvia officinalis L.

Herbal medicines and beverages have started to take an essential place in our daily lives. S. officinalis is one of the most used herbal tea species sage family. Secondary metabolites, especially oils, plays important role its biological properties. oil mostly rich camphor thujone, which these compounds could be toxicological. In present study, six spontaneous hybrid plants their parents were analyzed for contents. Male sterile as maternal plant, fruticosa aramiensis probable paternals where they cultivated nearby. Grown by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Essential identify relation each other. The main components thujone (40.97%), 1,8-cineole (24.65%) (19.37%). content genotypes varied between 35.13-64.92%. Camphor level hybrids lower levels 2.92-26.35% while very low compared 0.95-6.83%.