Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Lavandula angustifolia from Syria

Chemical composition of the essential oil of the flowers of Lavandula angustifolia (Lamiaceae), grown in Syria was determined by GC/MS. The oil obtained by hydrodistillation, It was found that the essential oil yield is about (0,2462% ), was found to contain 66 chemical compounds the main ones are linalool(34.70%),Alcanfor(12.77%) , Eucalyptol (11.50%) , Borneol (9.82%) , Linalyl anthranilate (4.51 %) , Geranyl butyrate(3.02%)