Table 2.

Chemical class distribution of the essential oil components from the stem bark and leaves of I. laurina in the dry season.

Functional groups	Stem bark (%)	Leaves (%)
Alcohols	8.34 (1)	23.90 (5)
Esters	10.88 (3)	42.35 (10)
Aldehydes	-	5.47 (2)
Ketones	3.90 (1)	1.24 (1)
Oxygenated monoterpenes	13.06 (3)	1.74 (1)
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes	7.23 (2)	-
Oxygenated diterpenes	9.76 (1)	2.58 (1)
Long-chain alkanes	10.52 (3)	12.43 (2)
Long-chain alkenes	7.66 (1)	-
N.I.	28.07 (8)	9.50 (4)

N.I. = not identified; numbers in parentheses refer to the compounds identified for each function.