Table 1.

Chemical composition of the three oils studied.

	Compound	RI	C. ambrosioides	Area (%) E. camaldulensis	C. atlantica
1	α-pinène	936	0.1	4.11	1.08
2	β-myrcène	991	T	-	-
3	Myrcène	993	0.1	-	-
4	α-phellandrène	999	-	2.53	-
5	δ-3-carène	1010	T	-	-
6	3-carène	1011	-	-	1.42
7	p-cymène	1013	12.1	35.11	2.68
8	α-terpinène	1020	53.4	-	-
9	1.8 cinéol	1021	0.5	1.44	-
10	Limonène	1031	0.6	-	6.12
11	γ-terpinène	1051	1.5	3.71	-
12	δ-terpinène	1054	T	-	-
13	2-methylprop-1-enyl-cyclohexa-1,5-dien	1057	-	3.43	-
14	α-terpinolène	1088	-	0.91	-
15	p-cymenène	1090	0.1	-	-
16	Linalool	1099	1.2	0.96	-
17	Terpinen-1-ol	1134	0.7	-	-
18	3-methyl-2-(2-penthenyl)cyclopentanone	1138	-	3.44	-
19	α-terpineol	1175	-	2.67	-
20	Terpinène-4-ol	1176	T	-	-
21	α-campholen aldehyde	1189	-	1.94	-
22	p-cymen-9-ol	1190	0.6	-	-
23	L-linalool	1198	-	11.51	-
24	Ascaridole	1226	17.7	-	-
25	Piperitone	1253	-	10.28	-
26	Thymol	1268	0.1	-	-
27	Carvacrol	1279	7.3	-	-
28	Isoascaridole	1300	2.1	-	-
29	Isoledene	1373	-	-	0.04
30	Longifolène	1387	-	-	3.17
31	Isocaryophyllène	1413	-	-	0.91
32	Himachala-2,4-diène	1424	-	-	0.1
33	Humulène	1437	-	-	1.2
34	γ- himachalène	1476	-	-	15.54
35	Himachalène	1499	-	-	1.16
36	β-himachalène	1514	-	-	54.21
37	δ -cadinène	1524	-	-	3.24
38	Himachalène oxide	1564	-	-	6.23
39	Limonène Oxide	1586	1.3	-	-
40	Globulol	1590	-	6.06	-
41	ɣ-eudesmol	1634	-	11.9	-
42	β -sinensal	1697	-	-	0.01
	Total identified %		99.4	100	97.11

RI: retention index, T: trace components.