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. 2011 Jul 26;84(4):495–501. doi: 10.1007/s10340-011-0377-y

Table 4.

Chemical composition of sandalwood oil

Compound Mass spectral data of sandalwood oila Retention time (min) Composition (%)b
Sandalwood Authentic sample Sandalwood oil Authentic sample
α-santalol 220, 202, 187, 147, 133, 122, 107, 94, 79, 77, 67, 55, 43 44.172 44.141 45.8 51.0
β-sinensal 220, 202, 147, 93, 79, 67, 55 44.624 44.609 9.4 9.9
Epi-β-santalol 202, 187, 161, 134, 122, 107, 94, 79, 77, 67, 55 46.619 46.597 3.3 3.1
β-santalol 220, 202, 189, 161, 147, 133, 122, 107, 94, 79, 77, 67, 55, 43 47.162 47.148 20.6 22.9

aMajor fragments (EI mode)

bData based on chromatogram peak areas