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. 2007 Jun 10;4(4):417–426. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i4.31236

Table 1.

Composition of the volatile oils of berries and leaves of Juniperus Phoenicea L grown in Egypt.

Compound KI berries leaves

Area% Area%
Terpenoids
(a) Monoterpene hydrocarbons
α-Pinene 939 39.30 38.22
Camphene 953 - 0.02
Sabinene 976 24.29 -
2,4 (10)Thujadiene 957 0.14 -
β-Pinene 980 2.45 0.48
Myrcene 991 - 0.45
α-Phellandrene 1005 1.01 -
δ-3-Carene 1011 1.25 0.99
α-Terpinene 1018 0.05 0.03
Limonene 1031 - 0.74
β-Phellandrene 1031 4.13 -
Cis-Ocimene 1040 - 0.01
γ-Terpinene 1062 0.07 0.14
Terpinolene 1088 0.16 0.21
(b) Oxygenated monoterpenes
Camphenone 1093 0.50 -
α-Pinene oxide 1095 - 0.14
Linalool 1098 - 0.28
Camphenol 1109 0.06 -
β-Campholene aldehyde 1125 1.34 0.24
Trans-pinocarveol 1139 4.22 -
Camphor 1143 1.93 0.54
Trans-verbenol 1144 0.04 -
p-Mentha-1,5-diene-8-ol 1166 2.88 -
Isopinocamphone 1173 - 0.34
Terpineol 1177 - 0.53
Myrtenal 1193 0.30 -
Cis-pipretol 1193 1.10 0.55
Myrtenol 1194 0.22 -
Verbenone 1204 0.86 0.17
Myrtenyl acetate 1235 - 0.07
Carvacrol methyl ether 1244 0.27 -
Carvotanacetone 1246 0.07 -
Piperitone 1252 0.28 -
Linalyl acetate 1257 - 0.51
Methyl citronellate 1261 - 0.06
Isopulegol acetate 1273 - 1.46
Bornyl acetate 1285 0.05 0.59
Perilla alcohol 1295 0.03 0.01
Trans pinocarvyl acetate 1297 0.12 -
Dehydro-elsholtzione 1298 - 0.01
Isothujyl acetate 1301 - 0.03
Trans-carvyl acetate 1337 0.15 0.26
α-Terpinyl acetate 1350 3.36 1.01
(c) Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons
δ--Elemene 1339 0.15 -
α-Copaene 1376 0.09 0.24
β-Elemene 1391 0.58 -
Italicene 1401 - 0.65
Junipene 1402 0.02 0.24
Cedr-8-ene 1409 - 5.11
β--Caryophyllene 1418 0.50 -
Widderene 1429 - 0.61
α-Himachalene 1447 0.30 -
α-Humulene 1454 0.30 1.11
Cis muurola-4 (14),5-diene 1460 - 0.95
Germacrene D isomer 1462 - 0.63
β-Cadinene 1473 0.80 2.59
β-Chamigrene 1475 - 0.01
γ-Muurolene 1477 - 1.24
α-Selinene 1494 0.28 -
α-Muurolene 1499 0.50 -
δ-Cadinene 1524 - 3.70
Cadina-1,4-diene 1532 0.20 0.41
α-Calacorene 1542 0.11 0.14
Selina-3,7(11)1diene 1542 0.18 0.06
Germacrene B 1556 - 0.14
(d) Oxygenated sesquiterpenes
α-Agarofuran 1545 0.30 -
Occidentalol 1549 0.11 -
Cis-isoeugenol acetate 1563 - 0.04
β-Copen-4-α-ol 1584 0.35 -
Guaiol 1595 - 0.43
α-Cedrol 1596 0.47 31.23
1, 10-Di-epi-cubenol 1614 0.30 0.11
Trans-isolongifolanone 1618 0.41 -
γ-Eudesmol 1630 - 0.31
Trans dihydro-occidentalol 1645 - 0.01
β-Eudesmol 1649 - 0.17
α-Eudesmol 1652 0.32 -
Khusinol 1674 0.06 0.21
Methyl epi-jasmonate 1676 - 0.01
Acorenone 1685 - 0.01
α-Epi-bis alolol 1686 - 0.01
Cedr-8-en-4-ol 1688 0.07 0.01
Juniper camphor 1691 - 0.01
Cedryl acetate 1762 - 0.01
Cedr-8(15)-ene-α-ol acetate 1739 0.01 -
14, α-Hydroxy muurolene 1775 0.01 -
14, Hydroxy δ-cadinene 1799 0.01 -
Oblopanonyl acetate 1881 0.01 -
(e) Diterpene hydrocarbons
Abietatriene 2054 - 0.03
Abeitadiene 2080 - 0.03
(f) Oxygenated diterpenes
Manool 1961 - 0.01
Manoyl oxide 1989 - 0.28
Sclareol 2220 0.08 -
Miscellaneous compounds
a)Hydrocarbons
Tricycline
926 - 0.01
a)Oxygenated
Hexanal 800 - 0.01
Diacetone alcohol 840 0.17 0.06
Oroselone 2146 0.33 -
Total
No of compounds 58 65
Monoterpene hydrocarbons 72.85 41.29
Oxygenated monoterpenes 17.78 6.80
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 5.56 18.33
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes 2.43 32.21
Diterpene hydrocarbons - 0.06
Oxygenated diterpenes 0.08 0.29
Miscellaneous compounds
a) Hydrocarbon - 0.07
b) Oxygenated 0.50 0.06

KI: Kovat index