Ethnobotany and chemical compositions of essential oil from different parts of Tanacetum parthenium L. in Deraznoo mountain in south west of Golestan province

This survey was undertaken in Golestan province in order to inventory of Tanacetum parthenium L. in traditional medicine for treatment of headache, cold, fever, menstrual, arthritis, anti infection and rheumatic pain. Flowers and leaves were collected in August 2006 from Deraznoo Mountain in south west of Golestan province and were water distilled to produce the oils in the yields of 0.66% (v/w) in flowers and 0.12 % (v/w) in leaves, respectively. The oils were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. In two regions, the major components in flower essential oil were camphor, alpha- pinene and alpha- bissabolol oxid-B, but camphor, alpha-pinene and piperiton were the major components in leaves of this plant.