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. 2019 Mar 13;10:305. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00305

Table 3.

Amount of main volatile compounds (mean percentage of total volatile content) in leaves of basil plants grown under fluorescent light (CK1) or LED lights at varying R:B ratio (RB0.5, RB1, RB2, RB3, and RB4).

Compound RT (min) CK1 (%) RB0.5 (%) RB1 (%) RB2 (%) RB3 (%) RB4 (%)
α-pinene 4.026 0.5 ± 0.3 1.4 ± 0.8 0.5 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2
α-phellandrene 4.158 0.3 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.9 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.1
β-pinene 6.360 0.8 ± 0.4 3.2 ± 1.2 0.4 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.3
β-phellandrene 6.993 2.2 ± 0.8 3.2 ± 2.0 0.8 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 1.1 2.0 ± 0.2
Myrcene 9.573 3.6 ± 0.3 3.9 ± 2.4 3.0 ± 0.5 2.9 ± 0.3 4.7 ± 1.7 4.0 ± 0.4
Terpinolene 10.055 1.7 ± 0.4 3.4 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 2.3 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.3
D-limonene 11.196 1.8 ± 0.4 3.4 ± 0.4 1.2 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.3
Eucalyptol 11.592 1.0 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.8 2.4 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 1.0 1.7 ± 0.6
β-cis-ocimene 14.589 7.0 ± 3.9 12.9 ± 1.9 8.5 ± 1.8 9.1 ± 1.7 12.2 ± 2.4 11.9 ± 1.1
Linalool 26.322 44.6 ± 1.7 12.8 ± 3.1 37.1 ± 3.4 42.7 ± 6.0 35.9 ± 2.6 38.6 ± 5.1
humulene 29.576 0.9 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.8
β-farnesene 30.000 1.7 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.9 3.0 ± 0.5 2.4 ± 1.0 5.1 ± 1.3 2.5 ± 1.0
β-cubebene 30.770 2.4 ± 0.3 2.5 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 0.9 2.4 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 1.3
α-bergamotene 31.959 17.8 ± 1.1 28.6 ± 5.9 25.1 ± 1.6 23.5 ± 2.5 17.0 ± 3.4 16.9 ± 1.6
γ-muurolene 32.272 3.2 ± 0.5 3.0 ± 0.8 3.6 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 1.1
Isoeugenol 42.402 2.1 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 0.7 0.4 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2
Percentage of total included 91.6 ± 0.6 88.7 ± 2.0 91.6 ± 1.3 92.4 ± 2.1 93.9 ± 1.0 92.2 ± 1.8

Mean values of 3 replicate plants per treatment (experiment 3) ± SE. In bold, most represented volatiles.