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

Table 5.

Changes in the chemical composition in solutions of chamomile oil.

Compound IR Chemical composition of essential oil (mg/ml)
Alcohol solutions Hexane solutions
A B C D K A B C D K
Ocimene <(E)-beta-> 1049 0.56 0.56 0.49 0.61 0.63 0.65 0.68 0.69 0.71 0.64
Terpinene <gamma-> 1060 1.09 1.05 0.94 1.20 1.21 1.17 1.22 1.30 1.27 1.17
Copaene <alpha-> 1377 0.26 0.29 0.22 0.28 0.38 0.90 0.94 0.53 0.82 0.72
Elemene <beta-> 1393 0.43 0.50 0.40 0.51 0.51 0.43 0.42 0.48 0.45 0.47
Caryophyllene <E-> 1420 0.27 0.30 0.22 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.28 0.31 0.35 0.26
Aromadendrene 1442 0.25 0.28 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.24
Farnesene <(E)-beta-> 1457 16.71a 17.02a 16.22a 16.01a 16.21a 17.24a 16.21a 16.43a 17.01a 16.91a
Aromadendrene <allo-> 1461 0.30 0.40 0.29 0.37 0.38 0.31 0.32 0.29 0.35 0.31
Muurolene <gamma-> 1480 0.33 0.32 0.18 0.41 0.44 0.37 0.40 0.32 0.38 0.36
Germacrene D 1487 2.75 2.73 3.07 2.77 2.86 2.83 3.10 2.89 2.95 3.03
Viridiflorene 1497 0.91 0.83 0.91 0.83 0.94 0.97 0.99 0.95 0.94 0.97
Bicyclogermacrene 1503 2.25 2.05 2.26 2.05 2.18 2.15 2.23 2.15 2.17 2.15
Farnesene <(E,E)-alpha-> 1506 1.36 1.25 1.37 1.25 1.35 1.34 1.4 1.32 1.32 1.35
Bisabolene <beta-> 1507 0.23 0.21 0.23 0.21 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.26
Cadinene <delta-> 1523 0.57 0.81 0.94 0.84 0.92 0.94 1.00 0.97 0.94 0.98
Amorphene <delta-> 1512 0.69 0.63 0.68 0.61 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.69 0.68 0.70
Spathulenol 1579 1.32 1.24 1.40 1.20 1.27 1.28 1.34 1.28 1.23 1.26
Globulol 1591 0.43 0.33 0.41 0.38 0.40 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.41 0.45
Cubenol <1.10-di-epi-> 1619 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.27 0.29
Cadinol <-alpha-> 1653 1.81 1.80 1.96 1.69 1.72 1.72 1.77 1.75 1.70 1.71
Cadinol <alpha-> 1653 0.61 0.56 0.65 0.56 0.44 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.49 0.51
Bisabolol oxide B <alpha-> 1657 7.97a 7.57a 7.59a 7.73a 7.26a 6.49a 6.75a 6.50a 6.47a 6.44a
Bisabolone oxide A <alpha-> 1685 10.44 10.14a 11.28a 9.67a 9.67a 9.40a 9.45a 9.56a 9.21a 9.41a
Chamazulene 1731 2.62 2.77 3.07 2.64 2.96 2.72 2.80 2.68 2.61 2.69
Bisabolol oxide A <alpha-> 1750 30.97 31.97a 30.31a 33.16a 32.3a 31.61a 31.44a 32.17a 32.03a 32.06a

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).