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. 2016 Mar 28;2016:1638342. doi: 10.1155/2016/1638342

Table 1.

Chemical composition of Hedyosmum sprucei essential oil and characterization of active antioxidant and antibacterial compounds isolated, respectively, from (HP)TLC-DPPH and (HP)TLC bioautography assays.

Number % area(a) Compounds AI exp(b) AI lett % area(a)
Antioxidant fraction Antibacterial fraction
R f = 0.3 R f = 0.5 R f = 0.9 R f =  0.2–0.4 R f = 0.5
1 1.99 α-Pinene 929 932
2 1.40 β-Pinene 973 974
3 0.19 Myrcene 987 988
4 3.48 α-Phellandrene 1005 1002
5 0.27 p-Cymene 1021 1020
6 0.50 Limonene 1025 1024
7 0.31 β-Phellandrene 1026 1025
8 0.29 1,8-Cineole 1027 1026 6.84 1.16
9 0.82 trans-Ocimene 1042 1044
10 0.85 Linalool 1100 1095 6.01
11 0.76 δ-Elemene 1340 1335 1.95
12 0.98 α-Cubebene 1352 1345 1.13 0.59
13 5.08 α-Copaene 1377 1374 5.72
14 0.19 β-Bourbonene 1382 1387
15 0.72 β-Cubebene 1387 1387 0.87
16 1.87 β-Elemene 1388 1389 6.16
17 1.86 Methyl eugenol 1401 1403 60.23 26.33
18 15.53 β-Caryophyllene 1412 1417 23.14
19 0.37 β-Copaene 1424 1430
20 3.47 α-Caryophyllene 1451 1452 5.55
21 0.15 allo-Aromadendrene 1456 1458
22 0.22 cis-Cadina-1(6),4-diene 1459 1461
23 0.42 γ-Gurjunene 1470 1475
24 1.64 γ-Muurolene 1474 1478 2.28
25 23.16 Germacrene D 1479 1484 40.28
26 0.55 cis-β-Guaiene 1484 1492
27 0.31 trans-Muurola-4(14),5-diene 1487 1493 3.80
28 0.15 γ-Amorphene 1489 1495
39 1.71 Bicyclogermacrene 1491 1500 1.85
30 1.08 α-Muurolene 1495 1500 2.00
31 0.29 trans-β-Guaiene 1499 1502
32 1.82 Germacrene A 1501 1508
33 0.61 δ-Amorphene 1509 1511 2.57
34 0.50 γ-Cadinene 1512 1513
35 5.50 δ-Cadinene 1516 1522 8.78
36 0.22 trans-Calamenene 1520 1522
37 0.30 trans-Cadina-1(2)-4-diene 1530 1533
38 0.18 α-Cadinene 1535 1537
39 0.29 Elemol 1549 1548 2.59
40 1.13 Germacrene B 1557 1559 1.17
41 1.66 trans-Nerolidol 1562 1561 1.11
42 0.17 Spathulenol 1577 1577 1.77
43 0.91 Caryophyllene oxide 1581 1582 23.48 45.30
44 0.35 Humulene 1,2-epoxide 1609 1608 2.48 7.77
45 0.51 β-Atlantol 1617 1608 2.38
46 0.58 1,10-di-epi-Cubenol 1623 1621 4.12 18.81
47 1.71 1-epi-Cubenol 1630 1629 2.85 0.62
48 0.42 γ-Eudesmol 1634 1632 2.53
49 1.46 τ-Cadinol 1645 1638 3.33
50 1.12 τ-Muurolol 1647 1642 10.78
51 1.12 Cubenol 1650 1646
52 1.65 α-Muurolol 1659 1652 29.44 13.72
53 3.29 α-Cadinol 1662 1660 70.56 33.99
54 1.35 Selin-11-en-4-α-ol 1645 1638 9.33
55 0.22 Germacra-4(15),5,10(14)-trien-1-α-ol 1647 1642
56 0.62 Eudesma-4(15),7-dien-1-β-ol 1690 1685 3.12
57 0.19 γ-Costol 1694 1687
58 0.18 Mint sulfide 1730 1745

total 96.11

(a)Relative peak areas were calculated by GC-FID. (b)Arithmetic indices were calculated on a Varian VF-5ms column.