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. 2011 Jul 1;34(3):479–488. doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572011005000030

Table 1.

Chemical composition of the Lippia alba essential oils obtained by microwave-assisted hydrodistillation of each specimen or chemotype.

No. Compounds IK Relative amount (%)
COL512077 (citral) COL512078 (carvone/limonene)
1 α-pinene 937 0.1 0.1
2 Camphene 954 - 0.4
3 Verbenene 967 - 0.2
4 1-octen-3-ol 981 0.3 -
5 β-pinene-1-octen-3-ol 982 - 0.1
6 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one 986 2.2 -
7 β-Myrcene 990 0.2 1.0
8 α-phellandrene 1010 0.2 -
9 ρ-cymene 1028 0.2 -
10 Limonene 1035 2.5 33.2
11 trans-β-ocimene 1048 0.4 1.0
12 Linalool 1101 1.8 0.7
13 trans-p-mentha-2,8-diene-1-ol 1127 - 0.3
14 cis-limonene oxide 1138 - 0.1
15 Hexenyl cis-3-isobutanoate 1140 0.1 -
16 cis-p-mentha-2,8-diene-1-ol 1141 - 0.2
17 Citronellal 1153 1.0 -
18 Rosefuran epoxide 1171 0.1 -
19 Borneol 1180 - 0.6
20 cis-dihydrocarvone 1203 - 0.3
21 trans-dihydrocarvone 1210 - 0.2
22 trans-carveol 1227 - 0.3
23 Nerol 1228 2.0 -
24 Neral 1246 25.4 -
25 Geraniol 1254 7.1 -
26 Carvone 1257 - 38.1
27 Piperitone 1263 - 4.4
28 Geranial 1276 33.1 -
29 Piperitenone 1349 - 4.3
30 Neryl acetate 1357 0.2 -
31 Geranyl acetate 1376 2.7 -
32 β-copaene 1384 - 0.1
33 β-bourbonene + β-Elemene 1394 - 2.2
34 β-elemene 1397 1.9 1.2
35 β-ylangene 1429 - 0.3
36 trans-β-caryophyllene 1432 6.6 0.2
37 β-gurjunene 1441 - 0.3
38 α-guaiene 1444 1.2 -
39 trans-β-farnesene 1456 0.2 0.8
40 α-humulene 1469 1.3 -
41 Caryophyllene-9-epi-E 1473 0.1 0.3
42 Bicyclosesquiphellandrene 1493 1.2 7.7
43 Bicyclogermacrene 1507 - 0.5
44 α-bulnesene 1511 0.6 -
45 cis-α-bisabolene 1547 0.6 -
46 Caryophyllene oxide 1599 0.5 -
Monoterpene hydrocarbons 3.5 36.0
Oxygen containing monoterpenes 70.5 49.4
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 13.6 13.6
Oxygen containing sesquiterpenes 0.5 0.0
Other not identified 5.4 0.0
Total 93.5 99.1

No., Order of elution is given in DB-5MScolumn, IK, Values of retention index (Kovats, 1965) calculated from a minimum of three independent chromatograms.