Table I. Composition of grapefruit peel essential oil obtained directly from secretory cavities using microcapillaries.
Constituents | Concentration |
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ED 70 mm | SD | ED 80 mm | SD | ED 100 mm | SD | |
µg µL−1 oil | ||||||
Monoterpenes | ||||||
Limonene | 645.1 | 81.0 | 670.3 | 62.4 | 820.8 | 57.0 |
Myrcene | 23.2 | 3.1 | 23.7 | 2.2 | 29.3 | 2.4 |
Sabinene | 16.6 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 6.9 | 2.5 |
γ-Terpinene | 2.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 1.8 |
α-Terpinene | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 2.0 |
α-Pinene | 3.9 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
β-Pinene | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Terpinolene | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 |
Sum | 695.3 | 85.1 | 711.5 | 65.7 | 878.2 | 60.6 |
Percentage (total) | 94.8 | 11.6 | 94.1 | 8.7 | 95.6 | 6.6 |
Sesquiterpenes | ||||||
β-Caryophyllene | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.03 |
β-Farnesene | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
Sum | 0.4 | 0.11 | 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 0.07 |
Percentage (total) | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Coumarins and furanocoumarins | ||||||
Aurapten | 9.0 | 1.1 | 16.0 | 2.6 | 14.0 | 6.5 |
Epoxyaurapten | 4.9 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 |
Meranzin | 8.4 | 2.1 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 2.1 |
Isomeranzin | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
Bergamottin | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
Epoxybergamottin | 9.9 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 2.9 |
Osthol | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Sum | 34.1 | 7.7 | 40.6 | 7.6 | 37.0 | 14.0 |
Percentage (total) | 4.6 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
Polymethoxylated flavones | ||||||
Nobiletin | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Tangeritin | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Heptamethoxyflavone | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Sum | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
Percentage (total) | 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.03 |
Sterols | ||||||
β-Sitosterol | 1.15 | 0.09 | 1.53 | 0.60 | 1.59 | 0.68 |
Cycloartenol | 0.88 | 0.40 | 1.18 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.21 |
Campesterol | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
Stigmasterol | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Sum | 2.08 | 0.47 | 2.78 | 1.02 | 2.47 | 0.55 |
Percentage (total) | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 0.13 | 0.3 | 0.06 |
Fatty acids | ||||||
Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 0.001 |
Stearic acid (C18:0) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.001 |
Linoleic acid (C18:2) | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.003 |
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3) | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.002 |
Sum | 0.016 | 0.007 | 0.024 | 0.006 | 0.028 | 0.004 |
Percentage (total) | 0.002 | 0.0009 | 0.003 | 0.0008 | 0.003 | 0.0004 |