Zahra Morovati - Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat ModaresUniversity, Tehran, Iran
Ghasem Karimzadeh - Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat ModaresUniversity, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza Naghavi - Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran,Karaj, Iran
Sajad Rashidi Monfared - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat ModaresUniversity, Tehran, Iran

Datura stramonium is an annual medicinal plant which belongs to the Solanaceae family. There are some evidences in Iranian traditional medicine about the anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidiarrheals, larvicidal, pesticidal toxicity, antifungal, and anticonvulsant properties of D. stramonium. In the current study, the collected seeds from Ardabil were planted in grow bags and placed for three months in a greenhouse in the College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran; average air temperature was ۲۵ C. Air-dried of areal part was sampled and its essential oil (EO) was isolated by hydrodistillation for ۳ h in a Clevenger apparatus. EOs content and the composition were examined with gas chromatography techniques. The EO yield of D. stramonium was ۰.۰۳% (v/w). Its major compounds were Camphor (۲۹.۹%), Selin-۱۱-en-۴alpha-ol (۱۳.۰%), and Borneol (۱۰.۴%). Other important components identified in the essential oil were dihydrocitronellol, n-dodecane, isobornyl acetate, germacrene D, and n-tetradecane. In general, the areal parts essential oils of D. stramonium showed oxygenated monoterpenes.

Essential oils, D. stramonium, Gas chromatography, Camphor