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. 2012 Mar 27;159(1):81–94. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.194233

Table I. Composition of grapefruit peel essential oil obtained directly from secretory cavities using microcapillaries.

Constituents Concentration
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