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. 2019 Apr 30;16(2):113–120. doi: 10.18502/fid.v16i2.1362

Table 2:

Chemical composition of essential oil obtained from oleo-gum-resin of Ferula assa-foetida

No. Composition %
1 E-1-propenyl sec-butyl disulfide 36.15
2 Z-1-propenyl sec-butyl disulfide 27.93
3 Guaiol 5.50
4 Carotol 5.14
5 bis (1-methyl propyl) disulfide 3.17
6 α-gurjunene 2.49
7 bis [(1-methylthio) propyl] disulfide 1.12
8 α- longipinene 1.86
9 Methyl penthyl tetrasulfide 1.16
10 Eudesmol(10-epi-gama) 0.98
11 Propyl n-butyl disulfide 0.97
12 δ-cadinene 0.95
13 Germacrene B 0.90
14 Methyl 1-(methylthio) ethyl disulfide 0.87
15 E-β-ocimene 0.70
16 Methyl 1-(methylthio) propyl disulfide 0.66
17 β- humulene 0.47
18 β- himachalene 0.44
19 Valencene 0.36
20 Methyl sec-butyl disulfide 0.33
21 Eudesmol(7-epi-alpha) 0.33
22 Patchouli alcohol 0.29
23 α- humulene 0.28
24 Cedrene 0.24
25 α- ylangene 0.22
26 Longifolene 0.20
27 α- copaene 0.19
28 E-α- bisabolene 0.18
29 Cuparene 0.17
30 Neryl acetate 0.16
31 Spathulenol 0.15
32 allo-aromadendrene 0.13
32 β-caryophyllene 0.12
34 Limonene 0.12
35 Z- β-ocimene 0.12
36 p-cymene 0.10
37 Germacrene D 0.07
Total 95.22