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. 2014 Feb 16;52(4):2312–2319. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1284-z

Table 2.

Chemical compounds of essential oils obtained from aerial parts of the species studied (%)

Compounda RIb MSc SO AA TS CC
Santolinatriene 903 d 7.2
Tricyclene 925 0.3
α-Thujene 928 1.1 0.5
α-Pinene 936 0.6 3.5 4.3 0.8
Fenchene 948 0.1
Camphene 951 0.3 2.0 7.0 1.6
β-Pinene 960 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.5
Sabinene 989 0.4 1.6
Myrcene 990 0.1 1.3 1.0
Yomogi alcohol 995 12.4
α-Terpinene 1,018 0.2 1.0 0.3
p-Cymene 1,025 0.4 7.1 0.9
Limonene 1,030 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.3
Santolina alcohol 1,036 6.1
Z-β-Ocimene 1,042 0.4
γ-Terpinene 1,059 0.4 6.0 0.7
1,8-Cineole 1,060 0.5 10.9 8.2
Sabinene hydrate 1,067 0.6
p-Mentha-3,8-diene 1,073 0.1
Artemesia alcohol 1,081 7.1
p-Mentha-2,4(8)-diene 1,087 0.1
Terpinolene 1,088 0.2
Linalool 1,098 0.2 0.1 5.7
Isoamyl 2-methylbutyrate 1,100 0.2
cis-Thujone 1,108 2.0 0.3
trans-Thujone 1,121 20.3 41.4
Thujanol 1,133 0.3
Camphor 1,143 15.5 0.3 5.5
Artemisyl acetate 1,167 70.1
Borneol 1,169 1.4 0.5 17 .5
cis-Isopulegone 1,177 0.5
Terpinen-4-ol 1,179 0.9 0.1
Menthone 1,187 39.4
α-Terpineol 1,192 0.2 4.9
Myrtenol 1,194 0.1
Isomenthone 1,197 7.8
cis-Dihydrocarvone 1,198 0.2
Hexyl 2-methylbutyrate 1,232 0.2
Pulegone 1,242 34.3
Carvacrol methyl ether 1,244 2.5
Piperitone 1,255 0.6
cis-Verbenyl acetate 1,268 24.7
Bornyl acetate 1,288 0.5 1.5
Thymol 1,290 5.0
Carvacrol 1,302 23.7
Piperitenone 1,342 1.8 d
Silphiperfol-6-ene 1,344 0.6
α-Copaene 1,381 0.4
β-Copaene 1,390 0.3
β-Elemene 1,417 0.2 0.2
β-Bourbonene 1,421 0.2
(E)-Caryophyllene 1,426 3.0 11.8 5.6
cis-Jasmone 1,432 0.1
Aromadendrene 1,439 0.5
cis-β-Guaiene 1,445 0.2
trans-β-Farnesene 1,453 0.3
α-Humulene 1,460 0.3 7.6 0.2
Germacrene D 1,487 4.1 0.1 0.5
Verbenyl propionate 1,488 0.2
Viridiflorene 1,493 0.3
Alloaromadendrene 1,506 0.1
γ-Cadinene 1,519 0.1 0.1 0.3
Presilphiperfolan-8-ol 1,522 0.2
δ-Cadinene 1,524 0.3
Spathulenol 1,534 0.1 0.1
Bicyclogermacrene 1,541 0.7
γ-Amorphene 1,565 0.1
β-Dihydoagarofuran 1,586 0.1
Caryophyllene oxide 1,589 1.0 0.3
Viridiflorol 1,590 7.5
α-Cadinol 1,645 0.3
Valerianol 1,705 0.1
Manool 2,056 5.3
Monoterpene hydrocarbons 2.9 9.7 0.0 29.7 14.5
Oxygenated monoterpenes 86.6 50.6 95.7 61.1 82.3
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 9.2 20.8 1.0 7.0 0.3
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes 0.3 8.6 0.2 0.6 0.0
Oxygenated diterpenes 5.3
Total (%) 99.0 95.0 96.9 98.4 97.1

a Compounds listed in order of elution

b RI (retention indices) measured relative to n-alkanes (C-9 to C-24) on a non polar DB-5 column

tr trace (< 0.1 %)

c Details concerning the codes of the species are given in Table 1; d not detected.