Table 2.
Chemical components found in commercial samples of frankincense oils.
| Compound | Non-Certified Commercial Samples | Certified “Organic” Samples | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| α-Pinene | 26.6 | 31.5 | 32.6 | 24.4 | 40.4 | 39.5 | 39.9 | 34.8 | 42.3 | 47.5 | 37.3 | 35.1 | 35.7 |
| Limonene | 15.7 | 25.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 9.7 | 19.2 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 17.5 |
| α-Thujene | 11.2 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Sabinene | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Myrcene | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
| p-Cymene | 5.3 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| 1-Methoxydecane | 0.1 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Serratol | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Unident. guaiol | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 1-Methoxyoctane | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | trace | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.0 |