Table 2. GC-MS analysis results for bay, clove, and pimento berry oils.

Compoundsb	SIa			Composition (%)c
	Bay	Clove	Pimento berry	Bay	Clove	Pimento berry
1-Octen-3-ol	800	—	—	1.21	—	—
Myrcene	868	—	—	7.93	—	—
3-Octanol	869	—	—	0.21	—	—
p-Cymene	916	—	931	0.51	—	0.37
Limonene	877	—	—	0.89	—	—
Linalool	883	—	—	2.52	—	—
4-Terpineol	904	—	862	0.64	—	0.15
Estragole	891	—	—	0.40	—	—
Chavicol	851	—	—	16.48	—	—
Eugenol	901	911	895	61.99	77.08	71.10
Methyleugenol	928	—	814	3.40	—	13.67
δ-Cadinene	854	826	858	0.69	0.36	0.57
Cembrene A	748	—	—	3.12	—	—
cis-Caryophyllene	—	851	—	—	0.31	—
a-Guaiene	—	773	—	—	0.11	—
β-Caryophyllene	—	877	899	—	9.10	7.83
β-Chamigrene	—	785	—	—	0.42	—
Alloaromadendrene	—	772	882	—	0.08	0.24
Eremophilene	—	833	—	—	0.59	—
a-Humulene	—	882	880	—	1.73	1.40
a-Caryophyllene alcohol	—	535	—	—	0.76	—
(−)-Isolongifolol	—	664	—	—	0.94	—
8,8‘-diapo-20-methoxy carotene-8,8‘-dial	—	867	—	—	0.43	—
Isoeugenyl acetate	—	624	—	—	0.79	—
1,8-Cineole	—	—	848	—		0.29
1-a-Terpineol	—	—	837	—		0.09
β-Elemene	—	—	868	—		0.29
γ-Selinene	—	—	844	—		0.34
β-Selinene	—	—	900	—		0.64
a-Selinene	—	—	841	—		1.06
(−)-Caryophyllene oxide	—	—	876	—		1.63
Humulene epoxide 2	—	—	721	—		0.15
Juniper camphor	—	—	727	—		0.16

Components present in essential oils at greater than 7% are indicated by bold font.

^aSI: Library search purity value.

^bCompounds are listed in order of elution from a DB-5 capillary column.

^cPercentages were calculated based on normalized FID peak areas.