Skip to main content
. 2006 Oct 25;11(10):817–826. doi: 10.3390/11100817

Table 1.

Structural assignment and relative peak area percent of the volatile components in essential oils obtained from root of vertiver grass cultivated in three different systems.

No.a Structural Assignmentb KI c Adams’ RI Referenced Relative Peak Area (%)± SD e
Normal soil Normal soil with microbes Semi-hydroponic
1 1-nonanal1,3 1294 18 1.06 ± 0.01
2 nonanoic acid1,3 1345 19 0.99 ± 0.01
3 1-decanal1,3 1352 20 0.45 ± 0.02
4 (E)-9,10-dehydro-2-norzizaene1 1393 21 1.87 ± 0.06 5.30 ± 0.01 0.46 ± 0.01
5 (Z)-9,10-dehydro-2-norzizaene1 1405 21 20.78 ± 0.05 46.03 ± 0.02 14.71 ± 0.02
6 alpha-funebrene1,2,3 1406 1403 6 0.14 ± 0.02 0.60 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01
7 2-norzizaene1 1417 11 0.20 ± 0.02 1.56 ± 0.03 0.29 ± 0.01
8 acora-2,4-diene1 1425 6 1.93 ± 0.02 1.73 ± 0.02 0.65 ± 0.01
9 alpha-cedrene1,2 1430 1412 6 0.19 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.02
10 cascarilladiene1 1436 6 2.16 ± 0.04 2.27 ± 0.04 2.04 ± 0.01
11 11,12,13-tri-nor-eremophil-1(10)-en-7-one1 1442 6 0.43 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.02
12 gamma-elemene1,2 1451 1437 6 0.48 ± 0.02 0.47 ± 0.02 0.18 ± 0.01
13 prezizaene1,2 1459 1450 6 1.55 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.01
14 khusimene1,2 1462 1455 6 3.04 ± 0.39 0.89 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.02
15 ar-curcumene1,2 1468 1481 6 0.60 ± 0.01 0.44 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.01
16 4,7-epoxy-spirovetiva-2,11-diene1 1471 6 1.35 ± 0.04 5.59 ± 0.02 2.94 ± 0.02
17 alpha-amorphene1,2 1474 1485 6 0.76 ± 0.01 1.47 ± 0.01 1.30 ± 0.01
18 cis-eudesma-6,11-diene1,2 1490 1490 6 0.07 ± 0.02 0.65 ± 0.02 0.14 ± 0.01
19 sesquicineole1 1502 6 0.34 ± 0.03
20 delta-cadinene1,2 1508 1523 6 0.22 ± 0.01
21 gamma-vetivenene1,2 1518 1533 6 0.83 ± 0.13 1.83 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01
22 10,11-epoxy-eremophil-1-ene1 1538 6 0.56 ± 0.02 0.95 ± 0.05 0.55 ± 0.02
23 (+)(6S,10R)-6,10-dimethylbicyclo-[4.4.0]dec-1-en-3-one1 1550 15 2.44 ± 0.02 2.00 ± 0.09 3.21 ± 0.01
24 beta-calacorene1,2 1566 1546 6 0.22 ± 0.01 1.18 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.01
25 15-nor-funebran-3-one1 1574 6 1.45 ± 0.02 1.46 ± 0.01 2.91 ± 0.01
26 cis-eudesm-6-en-11-ol1 1579 6 1.58 ± 0.04 2.37 ± 0.01 1.09 ± 0.03
27 khusimone1,2 1598 1604 6 20.57 ± 0.01 6.13 ± 0.07 20.91 ± 0.01
28 13-nor-cis-eudesm-6-en-11-one1 1602 6 1.80 ± 0.02 0.66 ± 0.02 1.35 ± 0.01
29 trans-dracunculifoliol1 1612 6 1.07 ± 0.02 0.63 ± 0.02 0.77 ± 0.01
30 13-nor-eremophila-1(10)-en-11-one1 1618 6 0.18 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.55 ± 0.01
31 eudesm-4(15),7-dien-3β-ol1 1638 6 0.43 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.02 0.27 ± 0.01
32 beta-eudesmol1,2 1644 1651 6 2.61 ± 0.02 2.37 ± 0.02 4.48 ± 0.01
33 (E)-opposita-4(15),7(11)-dien-12-al1 1651 6 7.71 ± 0.02 3.00 ± 0.06 10.55 ± 0.01
34 prezizaan-15-al1 1660 6 0.67 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.02 0.51 ± 0.03
35 2-epi-ziza-6(13)-en-3α-ol1 1665 6 5.31 ± 0.02 1.83 ± 0.03 6.85 ± 0.16
36 zizanal1,2 1671 1697 6 0.09 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.01 1.40 ± 0.01
37 khusian-2-ol1 1687 6 2.74 ± 0.02 1.24 ± 0.01 4.65 ± 0.01
38 (E)-opposita-4(15),7(11)-dien-12-ol1 1690 6 0.59 ± 0.02 0.41 ± 0.02 0.56 ± 0.01
39 cadina-1(10),6,8-triene1 1694 16 0.83 ± 0.03 0.43 ± 0.02 0.79 ± 0.01
40 khusimol1,2 1762 1743 6 11.11 ± 0.05 3.55 ± 0.04 12.21 ± 0.02
41 9,10-dehydro-isolongifolene1 1798 17 1.43 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.01
42 nootkatone1,2,3 1804 1807 6 0.21 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01
Total number of volatile components 37 39 36

a Compounds in Figure 2; b Identification: 1, mass spectrum; 2, Kovát indices; 3, standard compound;

c Kovát indices on DB-5 column; d Reference having same mass spectrum; e Standard deviations of three analyses