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. 2016 Nov 22;9:594. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1889-3

Table 2.

The major components of the ten essential oils tested in the present study

Major components lvd bo grn tr cl ecl mnk cd jc plm
acetyleugenol 16.3
cadina-1,4-diene 5.8
b-cadinene 28.6
∂-cadinene 6.3
calamenene 14.0
l-calamenene 14.4
caryophyllene 7.5
citronellol 33.4
1,8-cineole 78.8
citronellyl formate 10.9
o-cymene 5.6
elemol 17.2
β-eudesmol 5.1
eugenol 74.6
geraniol 12.0 81.4
humulene 5.5
kaur-16-ene 18.6
leptospermone 16.3
linalool 33.0 23.8 5.5
linalyl acetate 44.1 51.8
menthone 6.3
α-pinene 13.9
sabenene 6.8
α-terpinene 9.2
γ-terpinene 15.6
terpinen-4-ol 37.1 5.9
α-terpineol 7.0 5.0 8.7

Abbreviations: lvd lavande, bo bitter orange, grn geranium, tr tea tree, cl clove, ecl eucalyptus, mnk manuka; cd cade, jc japanese cedar, plm palmarosa