Table 2.

Chemical composition (%) of Syzygium aromaticum essential oil (SAEO) (A1) and Thymus vulgaris essential oil (TVEO) (A2).

N°	Component	LRI 1	LRI 2	A1%	A2%
1	α-pinene	1020	1021	-	1.3 ± 0.64
2	camphene	1063	1065	-	1.0 ± 0.11
3	β-pinene	1090	1099	-	0.3 ± 0.09
4	β-myrcene	1162	1157	-	1.1 ± 0.05
5	α-terpinene	1180	1186	-	0.6 ± 0.04
6	limonene	1190	1198	-	0.5 ± 0.02
7	eucalyptol	1200	1209	-	1.2 ± 0.08
8	γ-terpinene	1241	1244	-	5.2 ± 0.19
9	o-cymene	1280	1287	-	18.2 ± 0.31
10	1-octen-3-ol	1465	1458	-	0.5 ± 0.11
11	camphor	1512	1507	-	2.4 ± 0.02
12	linalool	1542	1537	-	7.5 ± 0.30
13	methyl thymyl ether	1550	1555	-	0.4 ± 0.03
14	terpinen-4-ol	1610	1603		3.0 ± 0.11
15	β-caryophyllene	1622	1619	8.7 ± 0.20	2.4 ± 0.03
16	cis-beta-terpineol	1650	1644 *	-	0.2 ± 0.02
17	humulene	1675	1668	1.0 ± 0.03	-
18	α-terpineol	1698	1690 *	-	0.2 ± 0.06
19	endo-borneol	1720	1717	-	2.2 ± 0.02
20	methylsalicylate	1768	1763	0.2 ± 0.03	-
21	caryophyllene oxide	1896	1892	-	0.7 ± 0.03
22	thymol	2158	2154	-	44.4 ± 0.17
23	eugenol	2180	2172	80.1 ± 0.46	-
24	carvacrol	2230	2222	-	6.6 ± 0.04
25	eugenol acetate	2281	2277 *	9.9 ± 0.79	-
	Sum			99.9	99.9

¹ Linear retention indices (LRI) measured on a polar column; ² LRI from the literature; * Normal alkane RI.