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. 2020 May 1;9(5):550. doi: 10.3390/foods9050550

Table 3.

Chemical composition of essential oils hydrodistillated from Zanthoxylum leprieurii trunk bark. Each analysis was realized in triplicate.

Trunk Bark
Compounds Cas Number Identification Ria Rib May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov
1 α-pinene 80-56-8 MS, RI, STD 931 929 0.52 ± 0.03 - - - - - -
2 ß-myrcene 123-35-3 MS, RI, STD 987 988 - - - - 1.00 ± 0.14 - -
3 citronellal 106-23-0 MS, RI, STD 1153 1153 - - - - 1.50 ± 0.08 - -
4 citronellol 106-22-9 MS, RI, STD 1225 1227 - - - - 1.60 ± 0.08 - -
5 geraniol 106-24-1 MS, RI, STD 1250 1253 - - - - 1.50 ± 0.14 - -
6 thymol 89-83-8 MS, RI, STD 1286 1291 - 5.10 ± 0.36 0.50 ± 0.08 - 1.30 ± 0.05 - 4.10 ± 0.50
7 ß-elemene 515-13-9 MS, RI 1388 1394 - 0.60 ± 0.15 - - 1.30 ± 0.03 - -
8 α-bergamotene 17699-05-7 MS, RI 1415 1417 4.43 ± 0.10 0.50 ± 0.27 3.20 ± 0.69 1.60 ± 1.12 0.70 ± 0.01 1.50 ± 0.56 4.80 ± 0.60
9 β-caryophyllene 87-44-5 MS, RI, STD 1419 1423 9.51 ± 0.37 13.20 ± 0.33 8.50 ± 0.35 2.10 ± 0.13 8.10 ± 0.08 4.10 ± 0.79 1.80 ± 0.23
10 γ-elemene 3242-08-8 MS, RI 1432 1435 - 0.60 ± 0.21 0.10 ± 0.01 - - - -
11 geranylacetone 3796-70-1 MS, RI 1455 1453 - 1.10 ± 0.51 0.50 ± 0.19 - 0.40 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.06 -
12 α-humulene 6753-98-6 MS, RI, STD 1456 1457 12.73 ± 1.41 4.30 ± 1.09 7.70 ± 0.62 6.20 ± 0.94 7.40 ± 0.11 8.10 ± 1.01 6.30 ± 0.03
13 α-curcumene 644-30-4 MS, RI 1482 1484 0.83 ± 0.18 - 0.70 ± 0.10 0.30 ± 0.11 - 0.40 ± 0.13 1.30 ± 0.08
14 ß-selinene 17066-67-0 MS, RI 1483 1490 - 0.30 ± 0.14 0.10 ± 0.01 - 0.30 ± 0.01 - 0.25 ± 0.33
15 tridecan-2-one 593-08-8 MS, RI, STD 1487 1495 45.26 ± 0.96 56.30 ± 0.31 51.4 ± 1.15 78.80 ± 0.55 54.40 ± 0.56 70.2 ± 0.95 71.36 ± 0.70
16 tridecan-2-ol 1653-31-2 MS, RI, STD 1495 1501 2.23 ± 0.17 10.10 ± 0.61 6.25 ± 0.17 4.30 ± 1.43 5.70 ± 0.20 6.40 ± 0.04 4.20 ± 0.40
17 (3E,6E)-α-farnesene 502-61-4 MS, RI 1503 1509 3.07 ± 0.28 1.20 ± 0.03 1.70 ± 0.04 2.70 ± 0.12 2.50 ± 0.09 2.30 ± 0.21 1.70 ± 0.03
18 ß-bisabolene 495-61-4 MS, RI 1505 1511 1.30 ± 0.05 - 1.20 ± 0.24 0.60 ± 0.37 - 0.50 ± 0.06 1.37 ± 0.20
19 γ-cadinene 39029-4-9 MS, RI 1513 1517 - - 0.20 ± 0.02 - 0.60 ± 0.08 - 0.2 ± 0.08
20 δ-cadinene 483-76-1 MS, RI 1524 1526 - 0.20 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.03 1.20 ± 0.05 - 0.38 ± 0.23
21 elemol 639-99-6 MS, RI, STD 1547 1552 - 0.30 ± 0.15 - - 2.90 ± 0.07 - 0.31 ± 0.30
22 nerolidol 7212-44-4 MS, RI, STD 1557 1564 3.13 ± 0.27 0.40 ± 0.16 1.80 ± 0.63 0.40 ± 0.11 0.70 ± 0.03 1.20 ± 0.35 0.60 ± 0.03
23 caryophyllene oxide 1139-30-6 MS, RI, STD 1583 1588 - 0.20 ± 0.11 0.30 ± 0.00 - - - -
24 ζ-cadinol 5937-11-1 MS, RI 1639 1645 - - - - 0.30 ± 0.02 - -
25 α-cadinol 481-34-5 MS, RI 1650 1659 - - - - 0.50 ± 0.03 - -
26 pentadecan-2-one 2345-28-0 MS, RI, STD 1696 1697 0.48 ± 0.02 0.50 ± 0.23 0.70 ± 0.02 - - - -
27 (E,E)-farnesol 106-28-5 MS, RI 1722 1723 12.5 ± 0.85 3.00 ± 0.96 11.1 ± 0.15 1.40 ± 0.90 2.20 ± 0.45 1.90 ± 0.28 -
28 farnesal 19317-11-4 MS, RI 1738 1744 1.36 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.15 1.20 ± 0.05 - 0.30 ± 0.07 0.20 ± 0.04 -
29 methyl farnesoate 3675-00-1 MS, RI 1779 1785 1.90 ± 0.10 1.00 ± 0.35 1.60 ± 0.17 - 0.90 ± 0.08 0.70 ± 0.14 -
Monoterpene hydrocarbons (%) 0.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
Oxygenated monoterpene (%) 0.00 5.30 0.50 0.00 5.90 0.00 4.10
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (%) 31.87 21.80 24.20 13.60 22.20 16.90 18.20
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (%) 19.37 5.80 16.70 1.80 8.20 4.30 1.10
Others (%) 47.46 66.40 57.65 83.10 62.10 77.10 75.60
Identified compounds (%) 99.22 99.30 99.05 98.50 99.40 98.30 99.00
Yield (%) 0.88 0.91 1.18 1.20 0.86 0.89 0.86

Identification methods: RIa, theoretical kovats indices (Pubchem and NIST); RIb, calculated kovats indices; MS, mass spectra comparison with PAL 600®libraries; STD, retention time and mass spectra comparison with commercially available standards; RI, retention index comparison with the literature; CAS number; -, Under perception threshold.