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.