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. 2018 Nov 16;13(11):e0207618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207618

Table 1. Chemical composition of clove and cinnamon essentials oils.

Constituents Arithmetic index Concentration
S. aromaticum C. zeylanicum S. aromaticum C. zeylanicum
a b a b (%)
eugenol 1363 1356 1364 1356 87.4 73.1
β-caryophylene 1415 1417 1414 1417 11.5 7.7
α-humulene 1447 1452 1447 1452 1.1 0.4
α-pinene - - 931 932 - 0.7
α-phellandrene - - 1004 1002 - 0.3
p-cymene - - 1022 1020 - 1.0
limonene - - 1026 1024 - 0.5
eucalyptol - - 1028 1026 - 0.7
linalool - - 1100 1095 - 2.6
E-cinnamaldehyde - - 1268 1267 - 2.3
methyleugenol - - 1405 1403 - 0.6
cinnamyl acetate - - 1444 1443 - 2.5
acetyleugenol - - 1528 1521 - 3.6
caryophyllene oxide - - 1576 1582 - 0.5
benzyl benzoate - - 1760 1759 - 3.4

a calculated

b tabulated.