Abstract:[Background] Plant essential oils are secondary metabolites with a volatile odor, which are environmentally friendly, natural, and residue-free, and it is widely used in food, gariculture and medicene, play an important role in people’s live. [Objective] To study the volatile components in the essential oils from Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt and Salvia digitaloides Diels and examine the anti-fungal and cytotoxic effects of the essential oils. [Methods] Essential oils were extracted by the steam distillation method, and the chemical components in the essential oils were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The anti-fungal and cytotoxic effects of the essential oils were evaluated by the mycelial growth rate and the methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) colorimetric assay. [Results] The main chemical components in the essential oil of P. frutescens were perillaketone (67.84%) and isoegomaketone (14.95%), while those of S. digitaloides Diels were caryophyllene oxide (9.59%), α-cadinol (8.84%), and palmitic acid (7.24%). The essential oils had varying degrees of antimicrobial effects. Specifically, the essential oil of P. frutescens had the strongest activity, with the median effective concentration (EC50) of 32.78, 43.34 and 45.19 µg/mL against Alternaria tenuissima, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Cylindrocarpon destructans, respectively. The EC50 of the essential oil of S. digitaloides Diels against Fusarium solani was 97.68 µg/mL. The median inhibitory concentration (IC50) of the essential oils of S. digitaloides Diels and P. frutescens against K562 cells were 282.69 µg/mL and 352.79 µg/mL, respectively. [Conclusion] The essential oils of S. digitaloides Diels and P. frutescens have strong biological activities.