Plant material: Samples of B. gibraltarium were gathered in November 1995 during the fruiting period (F), in May 1996 during the pre-flowering period (PF), in July 1996 during the full flowering period (FF), and in September 1996 during the late flowering period (LF) from El Zumbel area (UTM: 30SVG3278) . Every sample consisted in the whole aerial parts of five single plants growing wild near one to another. Once the plants reached the laboratory, they were airdried for seven to 15 days, and separated by parts, i.e., leaves, stems, umbel rays and, when present, fruits.

In the leaf oils, sabinene (12.0-33.9%) and limonene (7.8-23.4%) were the main components, the sabinene level being minimum in full flowering and maximum in fruiting. In stem oils, sabinene (4.7-21.6%) and 2,3,4-trimethylbenzaldehyde (9.3-13.6%) were the main components, the sabinene level being minimum in pre-flowering and maximum in full flowering. In umbel ray oils, sabinene (20.7-43.1%) was the first component in all the phenological periods, followed by alpha-pinene (7.3-28.2%). Both monoterpenes increased their levels in late flowering and reached minimum amounts in fruiting.

Plant material and isolation procedure: Aerial parts of the plant were collected from two regions, from Kazeroon in southern Iran and Shahr-e-kord in western Iran at the time of flowering in June 2002.

The main components of the oil of S. pilifera collected from Kazeroon, in southern Iran, were spathulenol (15.8%), cis-chrysanthenol (15.3%), beta-caryophyllene (8.4%) and cis-chrysanthenyl acetate (6.9%), while for the plant collected from Shahr-e-kord, in western Iran, they were cis-chrysanthenyl acetate (21.8%), linalool (18.9%), terpinen-4-ol (11.9%) and cis-chrysanthenol (9.2%).