Table 5.

Mean concentrations (%) of Ruta graveolens fruit EO (α-caryophyllene, δ-cadinene, caryophyllene oxide, tau-cadinol, tau-muurolol, β-caryophyllene, manoyl oxide) obtained from the six distillation times (DT). Control = nonstop 0–90 min.

DT (min)	α-Caryophyllene	δ-Cadinene	Caryophyllene Oxide	β-Caryophyllene	tau-Cadinol	tau-Muurolol	Manoyl Oxide
0–5	4.90 a	1.77 c	4.49 b	6.81 a	0.72 b	0.93 c	1.52 c
5–10	3.11 b	2.73 b	5.95 a	5.20 b	0.96 a	1.28 b	6.48 a
10–30	2.16 c	3.74 a	3.53 c	4.82 c	0.95 a	2.02 a	4.16 b
30–60	0.84 d	1.38 d	0.42 d	3.05 d	0.00 d	0.00 e	1.03 cd
60–90	0.60 d	0.80 e	0.35 d	1.10 e	0.00 d	0.00 e	0.40 d
Control	0.23 e	1.06 de	0.46 d	0.83 e	0.46 c	0.45 d	0.95 cd

Within each column, means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at α = 5%.