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. 2017 Jun 5;4(2):36. doi: 10.3390/medicines4020036

Table 4.

Chemical composition (% of compound) of the R. officinalis, C. citratus and J. communis EOs.

Rosmarinus officinalis Cymbopogon citratus Juniperus communis
Compounds Occurrence (%) Compounds Occurrence (%) Compounds Occurrence (%)
Limonene 46.89 Citronellyl formate 42.82 p-Mentha-1(7),8 diene 32.29
Camphor 11.94 Isobornyl formate 33.52 Δ-Cadinene 11.28
α-Pinene 10.65 Geraniol 3.37 trans-Muurola-4(14)1,5-diene 6.99
β-Pinene 5.19 Linalool 2.64 Limonene 6.19
Camphene 4.75 Geranyl acetate 1.79 α-Pinene 6.04
α-Caryophyllene 4.08 α-Caryophyllene 1.63 Δ-Sesquiphellandrene 5.70
Borneol 3.46 Caryophyllene oxide 1.49 trans-Cadina-1(6),4-diene 5.44
α-Terpineol 2.10 Terpinen-4-ol 1.36 α-trans-Bergamotene 3.79
o-Cymene 1.84 m-cymen-8-ol 0.94 Myrcene 3.02
Isobornyl acetate 1.37 α-Terpineol 0.78 Terpinolene 2.80
Myrcene 1.07 Camphene 0.75 Cubenol 2.04
Linalool 1.00 γ-Cadinene 0.74 Fenchene 1.44
Terpinen-4-ol 0.87 Eucalyptol 0.72 α-Chamigrene 1.42
γ-Terpinene 0.57 Camphene hydrate 0.63 α-Cadinol 1.38
β-Caryophyllene 0.51 γ-Terpineol 0.61 γ-Cadinene 1.22
α-Terpinene 0.36 Verbenone 0.59 Sabinene 1.05
Terpinolene 0.31 5-Hepten-2-one-6-methyl 0.54 α-Famesene E,E 0.84
Δ-Cadinene 0.29 Pinene oxide 0.49 α-Cubebene 0.59
2-Carene 0.28 4-Nonanone 0.41 Cubebol 0.52
α-Copaene 0.28 Limonene 0.37 β-Caryophyllene 0.44
α-Thujene 0.24 Myrcene 0.31 epi-Cubebol 0.43
γ-Muurolene 0.23 Δ-Cadinene 0.27 α-Caryophyllene 0.40
Caryophyllene oxide 0.21 Eugenol 0.23 Terpinen-4-ol 0.40
Tricyclene 0.18 β-Caryophyllene 0.23 α-Calacorene 0.33
γ-Cadinene 0.13 Camphor 0.22 β-Cubebene 0.32
Sabinene 0.11 Nerol 0.18 p-Mentha-2,4(8)-diene 0.31
α-Phellandrene 0.11 α-Pinene 0.13 trans-Cadina-1(2),4 diene 0.28
trans-Linalool oxide (furanoid) 0.09 Borneol 0.13 γ-Terpinene 0.24
α-Ylangene 0.08 cis-Rose oxide 0.11 α-Copaene 0.24
β-Bisabolene 0.08 α-Thujene 0.10 p-Cymen-8-ol 0.23
trans-Pinocarveol 0.07 α-trans-Bergamotene 0.10 cis-Muurola-4(15),5-diene 0.23
Exo fenchol 0.06 Z-β-Occimene 0.09 β-Pinene 0.20
α-Chamigrene 0.06 Citronellol acetate 0.08 Isobornyl acetate 0.16
1-Octen-3-ol 0.05 α-Ylangene 0.08 α-Cadinene 0.14
Aromadendrene 0.05 Geranyl formate 0.05 Santolina triene 0.14
α-Cubebene 0.04 E-β-Occimene 0.05 α-Terpinene 0.14
β-Gurjunene 0.04 2-Carene 0.04 α-Thujene 0.13
Camphene hydrate 0.04 Germacrene D 0.04 γ-Eudesmol 0.12
β-Sesquiphellandrene 0.03 α-Chamigrene 0.03 Butanoic acid hexyl ester 0.11
p-Cymen-8-ol 0.03 α-Copaene 0.03 Isoborneol 0.11
Germacrene D 0.03 α-Terpinil acetate 0.03 Linalyl formate 0.08
epi-Cubebol 0.03 Z-β-Farmesene 0.03 α-Terpineol 0.06
E-β-Occimene 0.03 o-Cymene 0.02 γ-Muurolene 0.05
1,3,6-heptatriene-2,5,6-trimetyl 0.02 Fenchyl acetate-exo 0.02 Linalool 0.05
α-Campholenal 0.02 trans-Linalool oxide (furanoid) 0.02 Caryophyllene oxide 0.04
Z-β-Farmesene 0.02 Terpinolene 0.01 Thymol methyl ether 0.04
Santolina triene 0.02 γ-Gurjunene 0.01 o-Cymene 0.03
β-Bourbonene 0.01 β-Pinene 0.01 m-Cymen-8-ol 0.02
α-Curcumene 0.01 Octanal 0.01 Dimethoxycitral-(Z) 0.02
γ-Gurjunene 0.01 γ-Terpinene 0.01 α-Terpinil acetate 0.02
3-Octanone 0.01 Sabinene 0.01 p-Mentha-1,5-dien-8-ol 0.02
α-trans-Bergamotene 0.01 TOTAL (51) 98.88 Tricyclene 0.02
iso-Isopulegol 0.01 2,6-Dimethyl-1,3,5,7-octatetraene E,E 0.01
TOTAL (53) 99.98 Z-β-Occimene 0.01
Borneol 0.01
TOTAL (55) 99.62