Table 3.

Chemical composition of essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation (HD) and microwave‐assisted extraction (MAE) of Thymbra spicata

No	Compound	RIb	Relative peak areaa (%)
			HD	MAE
1	α‐Thujene	824	1.05 ± 0.47	0.25 ± 0.21
2	α‐Pinene	829	0.44 ± 0.17	0.11 ± 0.07
3	Hepten‐3‐ol	880	0.3 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.14
4	Myrcene	889	1.58 ± 0.42	0.84 ± 0.32
5	2‐Ethylhexanol	898	0.11 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.23
6	α‐Phellandrene	904	0.19 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.04
7	α‐Terpinene	916	1.89 ± 0.38	1.29 ± 0.18
8	p‐Cymene	825	5.37 ± 1.11	4.65 ± 1.28
9	Limonene	928	0.23 ± 0.06	0.23 ± 0.08
10	γ‐Terpinene	960	13.25 ± 1.41	13.94 ± 4.12
11	Linalool	999	0.15 ± 0.00	0.14 ± 0.01
12	Isoborneol	1,070	0.13 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.04
13	Terpinen‐4‐ol	1,079	0.47 ± 0.09	0.25 ± 0.02
14	Thymol	1,193	1.19 ± 0.05	2.16 ± 0.59
15	Carvacrol	1,214	68.20 ± 3.57	66.91 ± 7.52
16	β‐Caryophyllene	1,322	2.59 ± 0.38	4.02 ± 0.99
17	Aromadendrene	1,339	0.21 ± 0.04	0.37 ± 0.08
18	α‐Humulene	1,356	0.09 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.03
19	Spathulenol	1,478	0.2 ± 0.03	0.37 ± 0.18
20	Caryophyllene oxide	1,483	0.46 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.06
Total peak area (%)			98.06	96.66

^aMean ± SD (n = 2).

^bRetention Index on nonpolar HP‐5ms column in reference to n‐alkanes.

Different letters in the same row denote a significant difference, LSD Fisher's test (p < 0.05).