BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Teucrium polium plant from Lamiaceae family and evolvable in a range of climate types and used in traditional medicine to treat diseases and also has antimicrobial effects is significant. This paper was done to compare the antimicrobial effects T. polium plants grown in Iran with the around of the world.

METHODS: In this review study using keywords Essential oil, Medicinal Plants and Teucrium searching was done in the databases Pubmed, Science Direct, Elsevier, SID, Magiran, Google Scholar, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO).

FINDINGS: A total of 269 articles were identified with the desired subject of who 86 were selected for further investigation. Failure to select other articles, was away from the goal the finding of this study showed that the α-Pinene، β-Pinene، Spathulenol, Verbenene, β-Myrcene were the main components of T. polium essential oil was grown in Iran. Amount of MIC, MBC value against pathogenic bacteria and inhibition diameter of T. polium was grown in Iran In comparison with the elsewhere in the world was not significant.

CONCLUSION: T. polium plant can be used as an effective antimicrobial compounds. The dose should be determined in various experiments and controlled manner taking the risk of toxicity occurs.