RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CITRONELLAL HAS STRONG ANTIFUNGAL QUALITIES [1]. THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS HAS ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES. IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS, THE LEAVES OF THIS PLANT WHICH GROWS IN A VILLAGE IN KERMAN PROVINCE IN MAY 2014 WERE COLLECTED. …