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. 2014 Oct 9;45(3):759–767. doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000300001

Table 2.

Major components of essential oils from Lippia alba as identified by Gas chromatography- mass spectrometry.

Components Ik DB-5 Essential oils from Lippia alba (%)

VEsrW01E VEmcT02E VEboW02E* VEbgW03H VEbgW01E*
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one 986 1.9 - 4.1 2.6 -
Limonene 1034–1041 22.4 37.0 3.2 3.0 25.8
Linalool 1100–1102 0.6 0.7 2.0 1.4 0.9
Neral 1239–1248 10.4 - 21.5 19.5 -
Geraniol 1249–1258 - - 3.9 9.5 -
Carvone 1251–1258 25.3 27.9 - - 49.6
Piperitone 1260–1264 1.1 0.1 - - 3.2
Geranial 1271–1277 10.4 - 28.9 23.3 -
Piperitenone 1343–1349 2.2 1.6 - - 6.1
Geranyl acetate 1373–1379 0.4 0 1.6 3.6 0
β-Elemene 1385–1398 1.7 0.1 0.9 2.2 0
β-Bourbonene 1391 - 5.3 - - 2.4
trans-β-Caryophyllene 1430–1436 2.4 1.4 7.3 6.6 0.1
β-Guaiene 1442–1447 1.3 - 1.8 1.1 -
trans-β-Farnesene 1451–1456 0.2 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.7
Bicyclosesquifelandrene 1490–1496 8.0 12.3 1.9 3.0 1.2
Caryophyllene oxide 1596–1599 0.4 - 2.3 1.3 -

Ik DB-5: Kovats retention index for DB-5.

*

The composition of these essential oils has been previously reported (Jaramillo-Colorado et al., 2011).