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. 2019 Mar 5;132:413–429. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.02.051

Table 3.

Classes of major Euclyptus camaldulensis essential oils compounds and their content in different plant parts.

Chemical classes Chemical subclasses Sublaclasses content in leaf and fruit (%)a Major essential oils compounds Major compounds content in oila, b
L Fr Fl
Terpenes Monoterpene hydrocarbons 5.7-52.2 L α-Pinene 1.7-28.3 1.12-3 3.51
18.7 Fr β-Pinene 0.3-18.6 8.8 7.7-27.09
18.5 Fl α-Thujene 1.0-3.4 0.3 0.6-0.77
β-Phellandrene 0.5-7.5 0.3 2.1-2.2
p-Cymene tr. -6.5 4.8 9.32
γ-Terpinene 0.19-7.6 0.2 0.4-0.5
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 1.8-3.6 L Aromadendrene 0.1-11 0.2 0.21-0.24
6.1 Fr allo-Aromadendrene 0.2-1 3 0.2
1.2 Fl Bicyclogermacrene 0.3-1.8 2 0.09-0.4
α-Copaene 0.9 tr.



Terpenoids Oxygenated monoterpenes 40.8-87.42 L 1,8-Cineole 13.73-84.9 3.8 34.7-69.26
14.1 Fr trans-Pinocarveol 0.06-8.5 0.2 0.11-1.9
50 Fl Terpinen-4-ol 0.27-5.2 1.9 3.29-3.6
Myrtenol 1.4-9.75 2.1 0.12
Cuminal 0.09-3.2 1.3 0.94-1.01
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes 4.9-39.6 L Spathulenol 0.16-19.2 19 0.12-10.18
23.2 Fr Elemol 0.6-3
12.7 Fl β-Eudesmol 0.13-4.4
cis-Farnesol 0.9-5 0.1
a

L- leaf, Fr-fruit, Fl-flower.

b

tr., traces (<0.05%).