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. 2013 Nov 6;18(11):13723–13734. doi: 10.3390/molecules181113723

Table 3.

Volatile compounds on vase life of Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis Roem.

Compound RI x Single-flowered (peak areas) y Double-flowered (peak areas)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Monoterpenes
α-Pinene 941 8.99bc 4.82d 4.28de 2.01e 11.28bc 13.23b 17.30a 18.19 a 9.65bc 9.50bc
Sabinene 967 1.30d 0.69e 0.10f 5.17a 1.82c 2.61b 1.70c
β-Pinene 976 1.21c 0.84c 0.73c 3.54b 2.03c 9.48a 1.87c
Myrcene 983 30.88d 22.61e 25.15d 8.87fg 1.81g 29.16d 46.25c 68.39b 107.22a 25.84d 14.64ef 13.34f
α-Phellandrene 1002 <0.10
δ-3-Carene 1004 2.43f 1.91f 1.90f 1.32f 1.11f 10.19e 20.35b 36.72a 21.80b 18.30c 17.10c 13.30d
α-Terpinene 1011 1.00cde 1.99b 2.74a 1.23cd 0.91e 0.89e 1.26c 1.27c 0.98de 0.42f
Limonene 1030 <0.10
(Z)-β-ocimene 1037 43.81de 139.76c 144.44c 64.98d 9.12fg 2.81g 1.83g 28.70efg 137.02c 221.85b 698.81a 237.87b 72.20d 35.13ef
(E)-β-ocimene 1040 792.65ef 2271.78d 2299.77d 645.21f 27.79h 4.64h 2.24h 311.77g 2694.95c 3147.59b 9914.71a 3371.10b 1024.45e 659.79f
γ-Terpinene 1051 18.09c 9.50d 7.47d 4.20e 3.89e 1.48e 1.39e 8.72d 16.68c 18.88bc 21.77ab 22.62a 21.67ab 18.75c
α-Terpinolene 1085 2.41e 2.01e 1.76f 2.24e 3.23d 4.33c 8.31a 5.83b
Allo-ocimene 1116 37.71f 44.83e 49.57d 15.48h 1.28j 7.87i 48.03de 58.36c 184.16a 70.96b 26.29g 16.65h
Monoterpene alcohols
Linalool 1087 58.85g 112.42f 109.84f 51.48g 20.99i 17.78i 1.21j 21.43i 147.11de 188.91c 280.72a 243.05b 159.81d 32.88h
α-Terpineol 1174 12.11b 15.21a 3.61c 3.06c
Myrtenol 1176 1.34g 1.80d 2.03b 1.45f 1.62e 1.95bc 3.48a 1.90c
Monoterpene ketone
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one 965 0.10b 11.10a
Monoterpene esters
Geranyl acetate 1362 4.49a 3.01b 2.10c
Methyl cinnamate 1373 3.70e 3.76de 4.71cd 4.43cde 5.23c 4.22de 3.72de 11.06a 9.56b
Cinnamyl acetate 1422 3.20c 6.08a 4.86b
Monoterpene oxide
1,8-Cineole 1025 143.23d 158.73d 144.65d 64.14g 11.56h 2.76h 1.45h 85.13f 222.04c 268.56b 450.91a 271.20b 122.62e 65.85fg
Aromatic alcohol
Benzyl alcohol 1032 1.40b 1.82a 1.51b 0.72d 1.12c
Aromatic esters
Benzyl acetate 1165 675.59e 1324.56b 1390.43b 119.50hi 20.52j 7.10j 4.47j 186.44gh 927.25d 1023.59c 1598.03a 568.64f 256.70g 99.44i
Phenethyl acetate 1169 15.59g 24.91e 18.12fg 6.90h 2.78i 1.78i 46.14b 32.15d 20.86f 53.12a 38.77c 14.91g 7.81h
3-Phenylpropyl acetate 1357 6.43d 12.02c 63.45a 34.34b 6.37d
Benzyl benzoate 1769 5.31a 3.79b 1.79c
Sesquiterpene
β-caryophyllene 1430 8.15a 2.56c 2.50c 4.32b 4.22b
Aliphatic esters
Isoamyl acetate 886 2.41g 2.94g 3.10g 11.15bc 8.13d 11.98b 6.10e 3.69g 4.15fg 5.80ef 5.85ef 9.64cd 17.54a 17.59a
Prenyl acetate 906 50.71e 62.61d 65.91d 40.82f 3.27h 2.05h 24.15g 108.26c 147.73a 125.11b 123.04b 44.73f 21.61g
3-Hexenyl acetate 985 1.03b 2.79a
Hydrocarbons
Pentadecane 1500 6.80e 11.61de 15.22d 18.73d 15.70d 15.00d 5.51e 50.10a 43.63abc 37.21c 47.12ab 42.67bc
Eicosane 1983 7.87b 4.31d 3.49e 2.84f 5.03c 4.02d 11.61a 5.11c 2.08g
Other
Indole 1295 12.50ef 36.07b 34.48b 18.03a 1.81h 0.61h 30.26c 41.90a 19.40d 14.22e 10.52fg 9.35g

x Retention indices, using paraffin (C5-C25) as references; y Values are means of six replicates. Values having different superscripts are significantly (p < 0.05) different.