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. 2017 Apr 21;4(2):21. doi: 10.3390/medicines4020021

Table 1.

Relative percentage of the main constituents of tested essential oils (EOs).

N. Class Component RI A.n O.v O.b S.s T.v I.v R.o L.c L.h
1 est propyl butanoate 898 5.5
2 mh tricyclene 926 1.4 1.5
3 mh α-pinene 940 1.2 37.9
4 mh camphene 953 5.4
5 mh sabinene 976 1.0
6 est isopropyl tiglate 976 1.7
7 mh β-pinene 980 5.0 1.2
8 nt 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one 985 1.5
9 mh myrcene 991 2.2 1.6
10 est isobutyl isovalerate 1005 1.3
11 est 2-methylbutyl isobutyrate 1015 4.5
12 mh α-terpinene 1018 2.1
13 mh o-cymene 1026 1.1
14 mh p-cymene 1026 9.3 15.3
15 mh limonene 1031 3.9 3.3 16.3
16 om 1,8-cineole 1033 5.9 22.0 2.3 7.7
17 mh (Z) β-ocimene 1040 1.2
18 mh (E) β-ocimene 1050 2.1
19 est isobutyl angelate 1053 34.5
20 mh γ-terpinene 1062 5.3 2.9 0.5
21 mh artemisia ketone 1065 7.4
22 om cis-linalool oxide (furanoid) 1074 2.2
23 om trans-linalool oxide (furanoid) 1088 1.8
24 est isobutyl tiglate 1093 1.5
25 om trans-sabinene hydrate 1097 1.8 3.8
26 om linalool 1098 46.0 8.1 1.5 31.5
27 om trans-pinocarveol 1142 1.7
28 om camphor 1143 7.6 7.3
29 est propyl tiglate 1153 5.3
30 est isoamyl angelate 1162 18.7
31 om borneol 1165 1.6 2.0 2.1
32 om pinocarvone 1166 2.7
33 om terpinen-4-ol 1177 2.4 4.0
34 om α-terpineol 1189 2.1
35 unknown 1.7
36 pp methyl chavicol (=estragol) 1195 1.1
37 om thymol methyl ether 1232 1.7
38 om neral 1240 32.5
39 om linalyl acetate 1257 54.7 26.8
40 om geranial 1270 36.4
41 pp (E)-anethol 1283 89.8
42 om isobornyl acetate 1285 1.6 3.3
43 om bornyl acetate 1285 2.4
44 om thymol 1290 52.6
45 om carvacrol 1298 65.9
46 om (E)-8-hydroxylinalool 1345 5.6
47 om (Z)-8-hydroxylinalool 1360 15.8
48 pp eugenol 1356 11.5
49 sh β-elemene 1392 2.2
50 sh β-caryophyllene 1418 3.7 6.8 4.1 2.2
51 sh trans-α-bergamotene 1437 3.6
52 sh α-guaiene 1440 1.1
53 sh (E)-β-farnesene 1458 1.4
54 sh germacrene D 1481 3.5
55 sh α-bulnesene 1505 2.0
56 sh trans-γ-cadinene 1513 2.8
57 sh δ-cadinene 1524 1.0
58 os caryophyllene oxide 1581 4.8 0.3
59 os 1,10-di-epi-cubenol 1614 1.0
60 os t-cadinol 1640 5.8
61 od sclareol 2223 1.3
Total% 92.1 98.5 99.2 98.9 95.6 100.0 97.4 99.4 100.0

Legend: RI: Retention index measured on HP-5 column; Compounds present in percentage <1% were excluded from the table. A.n.: Anthemis nobilis; I.v.: Illicium verum; L.h.: Lavandula hybrid; L.c.: Litsea cubeba; O.b.: Ocimum basilicum; O.v.: Origanum vulgare subsp. hirticum; R.o.: Rosmarinus officinalis; S.s.: Salvia sclarea; T.v.: Thymus vulgaris; mh: monoterpene hydrocarbons; om: oxygenated monoterpenes; sh: sesquiterpene hydrocarbons; os: oxygenated sesquiterpenes; nt: non-terpenes; pp: phenylpropanoids; od: oxygenated diterpenes; est: non-terpenic esters.

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