Recent years have seen a rise in the consumption of herbal medicines, including medicinal and aromatic plants. In response to this increasing demand, it is necessary to improve the quantity and quality of active substances produced by medicinal plants. The composition of the essential oils of Silene vulgaris growing wild in Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey was investigated. Essential oils of the aerial parts of Silene vulgaris were isolated using the hydro-distillation method and their chemical constituents were determined by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC�MS) in combination with retention indices. GC-MS analysis revealed the presence of longifolen aldehyde (20.39%), cyclo-hexane-methanol (18.53%), juniper camphor (17.66 %), elemol (11.44%), thyme camphor (6.44%), thymol (4.15%), 1,6-germacradien-5-ol (2.79), ?-elemene (2.75%), 2,10-bornanediol (2.55), thymyl acetate (2.48%), ?-eudesmol (2.20%) and tau-cadinol (2.06%) essential oils as major components. The results may open new avenues for the development of new phytotherapeutic products from this plant. Since there are no many studies on this plant, further research should be carried out to determine the optimal concentration in food, safety and toxicity of these compounds for medicinal purposes.

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