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. 2019 Apr 28;2019:6782495. doi: 10.1155/2019/6782495

Table 3.

Changes in the chemical composition in solutions of marjoram oil.

Compound IR Chemical composition of essential oil (mg/ml)
Alcohol solutions Hexane solutions
A B C D K A B C D K
Thujene <alpha-> 931 0.96 1.00 1.10 1.04 1.05 1.02 1.01 1.03 1.04 1.00
Pinene <alpha-> 939 1.15 1.19 1.31 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.23 1.24 1.27 1.22
Sabinene 975 7.02 7.23 7.93 7.52 7.55 7.18 7.14 7.17 7.26 7.04
Pinene <beta-> 982 0.59 0.61 0.68 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.64 0.64 0.65 0.63
Myrcene 994 2.17 2.3 2.46 2.34 2.34 2.24 2.23 2.26 2.29 2.23
Phellandrene <alpha-> 1008 0.49 0.52 0.57 0.54 0.54 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.51
Terpinene <alpha-> 1020 7.37a 7.18a 6.50a 6.91a 7.02a 7.49a 7.40a 7.42a 7.16a 7.30a
Cymene <para-> 1026 3.01 3.2 3.40 3.25 3.26 3.14 3.06 3.06 3.09 3.00
Limonene 1030 2.33 2.46 2.65 2.45 2.53 2.33 2.35 2.34 2.35 2.38
Phellandrene <beta-> 1031 2.29 2.33 2.54 2.46 2.42 2.27 2.17 2.20 2.25 2.14
Terpinene <gamma-> 1060 10.60a 9.64a 10.18a 10.41a 10.45a 10.62a 10.36a 10.37a 10.19a 10.15a
Sabinene hydrate <cis-> 1071 3.53 3.75 3.57 3.60 3.28 3.43 3.34 3.37 3.39 3.31
Terpinolene 1091 3.22 3.39 3.64 3.42 3.08 3.20 3.10 3.12 3.16 3.11
Linalool 1099 2.7 2.49 2.35 2.41 2.27 2.84 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.81
Sabinene hydrate <trans-> 1102 9.62a 8.68a 8.31a 8.76a 8.80a 9.62a 9.36a 9.39a 9.50a 9.45a
Menth-2-en-1-ol <cis-para-> 1122 1.65 1.79 1.32 1.34 1.70 1.56 1.53 1.55 1.57 1.57
Menth-2-en-1-ol <trans-para-> 1140 1.22 1.3 1.28 1.23 1.25 1.17 1.17 1.18 1.20 1.19
Terpinen-4-ol 1178 14.49a 14.50a 14.70a 14.20a 15.31a 15.09a 14.93a 15.03a 15.24a 15.16a
Terpineol <alpha-> 1190 4.23 4.09 4.51 4.25 4.03 3.59 3.90 3.91 3.96 3.92
Piperitol <cis-> 1199 0.70 0.75 0.73 0.64 0.67 0.63 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64
Citronellol 1227 0.58 0.63 0.61 0.57 0.54 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.54 0.54
Linalyl acetate 1257 2.56 2.09 2.74 2.55 2.65 2.40 2.39 2.4 2.42 2.41
Myrtanol <trans-> 1261 0.59 0.63 0.61 0.58 0.42 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.57 0.57
Terpinen-4-ol acetate 1302 0.31 0.24 0.34 0.37 0.32 0.30 0.28 0.29 0.37 0.29
Caryophyllene <E-> 1420 3.09 3.39 2.71 3.14 3.16 2.85 2.80 2.74 2.64 2.80
Bicyclogermacrene 1503 1.59 1.68 1.67 1.59 1.6 1.46 1.40 1.41 1.47 1.43
Spathulenol 1580 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.22 0.02 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21
Caryophyllene oxide 1585 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22

Designation according to Table 1. IR: retention indices (from temperature programming, using the definition of Van den Dool and Kratz [17]). Values designated with the same superscript letters for the dominant compound do not significantly differ at 5% error (Duncan's test).