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. 2014 Feb 11;2:e240. doi: 10.7717/peerj.240

Table 2. Mean content of terpenes (PPM) (±1 SE) of lodgepole and jack pine trees.

Terpene P-valuea Mean content (ppm)
Lodgepole pine Jack pine
Borneol P < 0.001 14.67 ± 3.18 4.18 ± 1.64
Bornyl acetate P = 0.004 45.95 ± 12.55 42.52 ± 3.41
Camphene P < 0.001 88.47 ± 8.30 30.32 ± 4.51
Camphor P = 0.041 6.69 ± 1.93 2.21 ± 0.85
3-Carene P < 0.001 1738.14 ± 321.80 226.99 ± 44.95
α-Caryophyllene P < 0.001 16.02 ± 3.32 5.47 ± 2.24
α-Copaene P < 0.001 13.70 ± 2.68 1.09 ± 0.78
α-Cubebene P = 0.273 2.50 ± 1.46 0.79 ± 0.63
p-Cymene P < 0.001 32.06 ± 5.11 2.90 ± 1.71
α-Humulene P < 0.001 42.35 ± 7.30 3.19 ± 1.42
Limonene P < 0.001 848.64 ± 164.35 203.25 ± 48.89
Linalool P = 0.220 64.73 ± 9.02 117.74 ± 16.68
Myrcene P < 0.001 435.45 ± 45.48 100.18 ± 15.71
Ocimene P < 0.001 31.75 ± 8.21 0.00 ± 0.00
α-Phellandrene P < 0.001 175.77 ± 17.93 1.62 ± 1.38
β-Phellandrene P < 0.001 9096.72 ± 960.59 157.21 ± 40.39
α-Pinene P < 0.001 949.81 ± 132.72 2518.14 ± 328.27
β-Pinene P < 0.001 921.46 ± 127.02 283.98 ± 43.68
Pulegone P = 0.039 30.21 ± 6.81 107.13 ± 22.81
Sabinene P < 0.001 141.94 ± 17.74 7.12 ± 2.17
α-Terpinene P < 0.001 15.39 ± 2.95 0.00 ± 0.00
γ-Terpinene P < 0.001 23.81 ± 5.42 0.00 ± 0.00
Terpineol P < 0.001 53.64 ± 8.55 16.50 ± 6.59
Terpinolene P < 0.001 352.79 ± 48.44 47.07 ± 13.04
α-Thujone P = 0.122 2.25 ± 0.84 1.85 ± 1.20
Total P < 0.001 15144.92 ± 1463.47 3881.44 ± 395.26
a

Differences between species as determined by a Wilcoxon rank sum test (α = 0.05, significant differences in bold).