The chemical constituents of the essential oil from the leaves of artemisia mongolica Fisch. were separated by gas chromatography employing glass capillary eolumns and identified by GC-MS-COM. 30 components have been separated and identified, i.e. 2-methyl-2-butene, methylene cyclopentane, 7,7-dimethyl-3-methylen-bicyclo-(3, 1, 1) heptane, α-thujene, α-pinene, camphene, 1-octen-3-o1, β-thujene, β-pinene, α-phellandrene, bornylene, p-cymene, terpinen-1-o1, artemisia ketone, γ-terpinene, β-terpineol, 3,7,7-trimethyl-bicyclo-(3, 1,1)-2-heptanol, α-terpinolene, verbenone, linalool iso-thujone, thujone, camphor, isopulegone, isoborneol, terpinen-4-o1, α-terpineol, myrtenol, trans- carveol, cis-carveol.

Key words: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY, TERPENE, ESSENTIAL OIL, ARTEMISIA, MONGOLIAN