Table 1.
The chemical composition of essential oil as a percentage of the total oil composition. nd, not detected (Wells et al. 2018)
| Lavandula species (% range of total oil volume) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituents | L. angustifolia | L. latifolia | L. stoechas | L. luisieri | L. x intermedia |
| Linalool | 6.97–44.4 | 27–61.1 | 0.08–2.7 | 0.2–3.1 | 21.1–32.3 |
| Linalyl acetate | 7.2–50.5 | 0.05–1.1 | nd | nd | 3.04–46.0 |
| Borneol | 0–6.2 | 0.16–5.9 | 0.8–1.4 | nd | 0–15.7 |
| Alpha terpineol | 0.6–3.5 | 0.1–2.95 | 0.09–0.66 | nd | 0–3.6 |
| Lavandulyl acetate | 2–3.5 | nd | 0–0.22 | 3.3–4.3 | 0–3.1 |
| Oct-1-en-3-yl acetate | 3.4 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Cis-linalool oxide (furanoid) | 3.2 | 0–0.6 | 0.05–0.1 | 0.7–1 | nd |
| Cryptone | 2.7 | nd | nd | nd | Nd |
| Terpineo-4-ol | 2.3–30.2 | 0.3–7.1 | 0.2–0.5 | 0 | 0–2.8 |
| 1,8-Cineole | 0–6.03 | 6.6–34.9 | 8–52.7 | 2.4–43.2 | 5.2–26.1 |
| Trans-linalool oxide (furanoid) | 2.1 | nd | 0.01–0.05 | nd | nd |
| Geranyl acetate | 1.8 | nd | 0.01–0.02 | 0.2–0.4 | nd |
| β-Myrcene | 0.4–2.8 | 0.2–0.8 | 0.8 | 0-0.1 | nd |
| β-Caryophyllene | 1.5–4.3 | 0.5–1.9 | 0.2 | nd | 0–1.9 |
| Octan-3-one | 1.5 | 0.1–0.2 | 0.13–16.3 | nd | nd |
| Gamma-cadinene | 1.2 | 0.1–0.2 | 0–0.8 | 1.53 | nd |
| ɑ-Cadinol | 1.2 | 0–0.1 | nd | 0.5–2.4 | nd |
| Cuminol | 1 | nd | nd | nd | Nd |
| Camphor | 0–1.7 | 1.1–46.7 | 7.9–51.6 | 1.0–2.7 | 2.5–11.1 |
| ɑ-Limonene | 0.8–5.9 | 0.2–3.4 | 0.06–1.3 | 0.3–0.8 | nd |
| Lavandulol | 0–7.01 | 0.5–0.6 | 0 | 0.9–1.7 | 0–4.95 |
| Neryl acetate | 0.8 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Camphene | 0.4–0.6 | 0.2–5.3 | 0–4.4 | 0.1–0.2 | 0.1–1.2 |
| p-Cymene | 0.6 | 0–0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3–0.4 | nd |
| Trans-pinocarveol | 0.6 | nd | 0.03–0.1 | nd | nd |
| Nerol | 0.6 | 0.09–0.79 | nd | nd | nd |
| Carotol | 0.6 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Hexyl acetate | 0.4 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| β-Ocimene | 0.4–21.2 | 0–1.3 | nd | 0–0.4 | 0–14.97 |
| Cis-p-Menth-2-en-1-ol | 0.4 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Verbenone | 0.4 | 0.08–0.7 | 0.2–1.5 | 1.7–2.1 | nd |
| Cumin aldehyde | 0.4 | nd | 0–0.01 | nd | nd |
| β-Cyclocitral | 0.3 | nd | nd | nd | d |
| Daucol | 0.3 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| ɑ-Pinene | 0.3–0.5 | 0.6–1.9 | 0.2–2.1 | 2–3.4 | 0.2–0.6 |
| Oct-1-en-3-ol | 0.2 | 0–0.1 | 0–0.02 | nd | nd |
| Cis-Verbenol | 0.2 | nd | nd | 0–1.2 | nd |
| Hexyl butanoate | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Trans-carveol | 0.2 | 0.0.1 | nd | nd | nd |
| Gernial | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| (Z)-b-Farnesene | 0.2 | 0–0.3 | nd | nd | nd |
| ῳ-Cymene | 0.1 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Allo-ocimene | 0.1 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Myrenol | 0.1 | 0.2–0.3 | 0–0.9 | nd | nd |
| Geraniol | nd | 0.06–0.8 | nd | nd | nd |
| ɑ-Thajene | 0.3 | 0–0.1 | nd | nd | nd |
| β-Pinene | 0.4 | 0.04–2.6 | 0.1–0.4 | 0.2–1.8 | nd |
| Sabinene | 0.5 | 0.02–1.2 | 0–0.7 | 0.1–0.2 | nd |
| Gamma-4-carene | 0.2 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Para-mentha-1(7),8-diene | 4 | nd | 0–0.46 | nd | nd |
| Fenchone | nd | nd | 2.9–68.2 | 2.9–6.6 | nd |