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<p>This study was carried out in 2017 in order to determine the essential oil composition, total phenoliccontents and antioxidant activity of fruits and above-ground parts of Pastinaca sativa L. subsp urens (Req.Ex Gordon) Celak, which grow naturally in the flora of Göller Region, Turkey. Plant samples were collectedat full flowering and fruit samples were collected at theyellow maturing period. The essential oils wereobtained by hydro-distillation and components of the oils were identified by gas chromatography/massspectrometry. Methanol extracts of fruit and plant samples were used for total phenolic content andantioxidant activity. Total phenolic contents were 50.40 ± 1.40 mg/gr and 67.86 ± 1.02 mg/gr in the fruitand herb samples, respectively. Antioxidant activity of the herb extract was higher than the fruits. Essentialoil contents of fruit and herb samples were 3.20% and 0.33% and the numbers of components formingessential oils were 28 and 29, respectively. There were 47 different components identified in total for fruitand herb samples. The main component of the fruit oil was octyl butyrate (90.4%), while cis-ocimen(38.2%), Furanone (14.1%), octyl Butyrate (13.2%) and Butanoic acid (11.1%) were the major componentsof the herba essential oil.<br></p>