The extracted oil from Gundelia Tournefortii seeds, which belongs to Asteraceae
family and which is known as one of the medical herbal plants that is widely spread in the
Syrian environment, was isolated using soxhlet continuous extraction. It's ch
emical
composition was determined by GC/MS (Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry). The
analysis led to identification of 20 components. The extracted oil was characterized by
high content of Linoleic Acid (52.9%), Palmitic Acid (20.1%) and Squalene (10.1%).