the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of rosa damascenea mill. was analyzed by gc/ms. the yield of the oil was 0.16% (v/w). among twenty five components, eight components, representing 99.98% of the oil, were characterized. nonadecane (39.73%), heneicosane (32.38%), docosane (7.34%), citronellol (6.14%) and 9-nonadecene (5.69%), were found to be major constituents.
