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. 2018 Nov 21;8(4):155. doi: 10.3390/biom8040155

Table 1.

Volatile compounds expressed as area percentage, identified in the Thymus capitatus essential oil [58].

Compound RT Amount Relative (%) *KI
Monoterpenes hydrocarbons Tricyclene 17.15 <0.1 920
α-Thujene 17.26 0.1 923
α-Pinene 17.65 1.5 935
α-Fenchene 18.43 0.3 951
β-Pinene 19.67 0.3 981
β-Myrcene 20.03 2.0 991
p-Mentha-1(7),8-diene 20.78 0.1 992
α-Phellandrene 20.88 0.2 1005
δ−3−Carene 20.99 <0.1 1012
1,4-Cineole 21.23 <0.1 1014
α-Terpinene 21.34 1.5 1018
p-Cymene 21.74 13.2 1026
Limonene 21.89 0.4 1033
1,8-cineole 22.05 0.4 1033
γ-Terpinene 23.13 8.7 1064
N.I. (M + 154) 23.63 0.1
Monoterpenes oxygenated Terpinolene 24.24 0.2 1078
Linalool 24.73 1.9 1100
Borneol 27.87 0.3 1165
Terpinen-4-ol 28.15 0.6 1190
α-Terpineol 28.79 0.1 1200
Thymol 32.07 6.4 1266
Carvacrol 32.63 59.3 1278
trans-β-Caryophyllene 37.34 2.2 1424
Sesquiterpenes oxygenated Caryophyllene oxide 42.50 0.2 1581

*KI is the Kováts Retention Index relative to C5–C24 n-alkanes on the DB-5 column.