Abstract:The essential oil from the leaves of Solarium verbascifolium L. was obtained by steam distillation, followed by solvent extraction, and analyzed by capillary GC-MS. The content of essential oil in fresh leaves was 0.0611% after steam distillation 8 hours. Eighteen peaks were detected and 17 compounds were identified, which accounted for 99.73% of the total oil. The main chemical components were germacrene D (37.07%), copaene (26.29%), 1β-(1-methylethyl)- 4,7-dimethyl-1α,2,4a(f3),5,8,8a(α)-naphthalene (13.63%), caryophyllene (8.03%), 1 β-ethenyl- 1 or-methyl-2β,4β-bis (1 -methylethenyl)- cyclohexane (5.81%),γ-elemene (2.16%), α-cubebene (2.06%) and isoledene (0.98%), respectively. The above eight compounds accounted for 90.22% of the total oil.