Table 1.
Constituents of the essential oils from Peumus boldus, and Drimys winterii by GC and GC-MS analysis.
| Compound | RI | Peumus boldus (mean ± s.e.) | Drimys winterii (mean ± s.e.) |
| Monoterpene hydrocarbons | 19.71 ± 2.94 | 16.74 ± 2.43 | |
| α-thujene | 930 | - | 0.05 ± 0.02 |
| α-pinene | 939 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.93 ± 0.23 |
| camphene | 952 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | - |
| sabinene | 976 | 1.20 ± 0.25 | 2.97 ± 0.68 |
| β-pinene | 979 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 2.68 ± 0.58 |
| myrcene | 991 | - | 0.99 ± 0.15 |
| α-phelladrene | 1005 | t | 0.25 ± 0.09 |
| δ-3-carene | 1011 | t | - |
| α-terpinene | 1019 | 0.30 ± 0.03 | 1.70 ± 0.19 |
| p-cymene | 1027 | 16.31 ± 2.52 | 0.05 ± 0.02 |
| limonene | 1032 | - | 2.46 ± 0.48 |
| β-phellandrene | 1033 | 0.31 ± 0.13 | - |
| cis-ocimene | 1042 | - | 0.47 ± 0.05 |
| γ-terpinene | 1062 | 0.42 ± 0.00 | 3.30 ± 0.20 |
| terpinolene | 1089 | - | 0.91 ± 0.04 |
| p-cymenene | 1090 | t | - |
| 1.3.8-p-menthatriene | 1112 | 0.64 ± 0.29 | - |
| Oxygenated monoterpenes | 74.77 ± 4.26 | 13.95 ± 1.23 | |
| dehydro-1,8-cineole | 992 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | - |
| 1,8-cineole | 1034 | 14.45 ± 2.99 | 0.13 ± 0.01 |
| cis-sabinene hydrate | 1070 | 0.56 ± 0.28 | t |
| fenchone | 1088 | t | - |
| trans-sabinene hydrate | 1097 | 0.51 ± 0.19 | t |
| linalool | 1100 | t | 0.07 ± 0.01 |
| dehydro-sabina ketone | 1121 | 0.83 ± 0.23 | - |
| cis-p-menth-2-en-1-ol | 1122 | - | t |
| trans-pinocarveol | 1140 | 1.50 ± 0.26 | - |
| trans-p-menth-2-en-1-ol | 1141 | - | 0.44 ± 0.06 |
| camphor | 1146 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | - |
| sabina ketone | 1160 | t | - |
| pinocarvone | 1169 | 0.30 ± 0.11 | - |
| δ-terpineol | 1169 | 0.64 ± 0.11 | - |
| terpinen-4-ol | 1179 | 2.15 ± 0.33 | 11.56 ± 1.06 |
| thuj-3-en-10-al | 1185 | t | - |
| cryptone | 1186 | t | - |
| α-terpineol | 1191 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 1.61 ± 0.11 |
| myrtenal | 1195 | 0.09 ± 0.03 | - |
| cis-piperitol | 1196 | - | t |
| myrtenol | 1197 | 1.11 ± 1.33 | - |
| trans- piperitol | 1207 | - | 0.14 ± 0.01 |
| ascaridole | 1242 | 51.17 ± 9.51 | - |
| cis-piperitone epoxide | 1259 | 0.76 ± 0.20 | - |
| trans-piperitone epoxide | 1262 | t | - |
| bornyl acetate | 1288 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | - |
| thymol | 1293 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | - |
| p-cymen-7-ol | 1295 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | - |
| carvacrol | 1302 | 0.24 ± 0.15 | - |
| Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons | - | 2.89 ± 0.18 | |
| β-elemene | 1392 | - | 0.14 ± 0.02 |
| α-cedrene | 1411 | - | 0.30 ± 0.04 |
| β-caryophyllene | 1419 | - | 0.19 ± 0.00 |
| trans-β-farnesene | 1459 | - | 0.15 ± 0.04 |
| α-acoradiene | 1465 | - | t |
| γ-curcumene | 1481 | - | 1.91 ± 0.14 |
| α-curcumene | 1484 | - | 0.17 ± 0.03 |
| bicyclogermacrene | 1496 | - | 0.04 ± 0.01 |
| Oxygenated sesquiterpenes | 0.27 ± 0.05 | 57.82 ± 1.38 | |
| 4-epi-cis-dihydroagarofuran | 1499 | - | 0.34 ± 0.02 |
| italicene ether | 1536 | - | 0.12 ± 0.01 |
| elemol | 1555 | - | 12.03 ± 0.34 |
| E-nerolidol | 1566 | - | 0.36 ± 0.01 |
| spathulenol | 1578 | 0.12 ± 0.03 | t |
| rosifoliol | 1602 | - | 0.08 ± 0.00 |
| 5-epi-7-epi-α-eudesmol | 1607 | t | |
| β-oplopenone | 1609 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | - |
| epi-cedrol | 1614 | - | 0.75 ± 0.01 |
| 10-epi-γ-eudesmol | 1621 | - | 1.86 ± 0.06 |
| γ-eudesmol | 1639 | - | 21.65 ± 0.41 |
| β-eudesmol | 1656 | - | 7.27 ± 0.35 |
| α-eudesmol | 1659 | - | 7.35 ± 0.14 |
| 7-epi-α-eudesmol | 1662 | - | 0.12 ± 0.04 |
| β-bisabolol | 1674 | - | 4.61 ± 0.22 |
| α-bisabolol | 1687 | - | 0.07 ± 0.02 |
| drimenol | 1763 | - | 1.18 ± 0.04 |
| drimenin | 1951 | - | 0.06 ± 0.01 |
| Aromatic compounds (C6-C3) | 1.20 ± 0.18 | 4.83 ± 0.42 | |
| safrole | 1287 | - | 0.09 ± 0.01 |
| eugenol | 1360 | - | 1.09 ± 0.10 |
| methyl eugenol | 1406 | 1.20 ± 0.18 | t |
| myristicin | 1522 | - | 3.66 ± 0.32 |
| elemicin | 1560 | - | t |
| Others | 0.34 ± 0.03 | t | |
| 3-octanol | 993 | - | t |
| 1.4-dione-2-cyclohexene | 1015 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | - |
| 2-nonanone | 1093 | 0.07 ± 0.00 | - |
| 3-octanol acetate | 1128 | - | t |
| 2-undecanone | 1295 | 0.24 ± 0.03 | - |
| TOTAL IDENTIFIED | 96.90 ± 1.06 | 96.24 ± 0.28 | |
RI: retention index relative to C8-C32n-alkanes on the HP-1 column. Peak area percentages were calculated in GC analysis on an apolar HP-1 column. t: trace amounts <0.03. Values are means ± standard error of three samples.