Table 1.
The chemical composition of the investigated essential oils in percentage from 3 parallel measurements (main components in bold).
| Compound | tR (min) |
Thyme (%) |
Cinnamon (%) |
Lemongrass (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| α-Pinene | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | − |
| Camphene | 6.1 | 0.9 | − | − |
| β−Myrcene | 6.3 | 0.7 | − | |
| β−Pinene | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | − |
| α−Terpinene | 7.0 | 2.2 | − | − |
| o-Cymene | 7.0 | 0.3 | ||
| p-Cymene | 7.4 | 22.1 | 1.2 | − |
| Limonene | 7.5 | − | 1.4 | 3.6 |
| 1,8-Cineole | 7.9 | 9.8 | 2.1 | − |
| γ-Terpinene | 8.6 | 0.3 | − | − |
| Linalool | 10.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | − |
| Citronellal | 10.4 | − | − | 36.2 |
| Terpinen-4-ol | 11.7 | 0.6 | - | − |
| α-Terpineole | 11.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | − |
| Citronellol | 11.9 | − | − | 13.6 |
| Camphore | 12.1 | 0.5 | − | − |
| Neral | 12.2 | − | − | 1.0 |
| Geraniol | 12.4 | − | − | 25.3 |
| Borneol | 12.4 | 1.5 | − | − |
| Geranial | 12.8 | − | − | 2.2 |
| Cinnamaldehyde | 12.9 | − | 74.0 | − |
| Anethol | 13.1 | − | 4.5 | − |
| Thymol | 13.2 | 46.3 | − | − |
| Carvacrol | 13.3 | 3.2 | − | − |
| Citronellyl acetate | 14.1 | − | − | 2.3 |
| Eugenol | 14.2 | − | 2.7 | − |
| Geranyl acetate | 14.5 | − | − | 2.6 |
| β-Elemene | 14.7 | 0.4 | − | 2.9 |
| β-Caryophyllene | 15.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | − |
| α-Humulene | 15.6 | 0.5 | − | − |
| β-Cubebene | 15.7 | − | − | 2.9 |
| Cinnamyl acetate | 15.8 | − | 5.3 | − |
| α-Muurolene | 16.6 | − | − | 1.6 |
| β-Cadinene | 16.9 | − | − | 3.2 |
| Elemol | 17.4 | − | − | 2.4 |
| Caryophyllene oxide | 18.0 | 0.5 | − | − |
| Eudesmol | 18.3 | − | − | 2.3 |
| Total | 99.5 | 99.8 | 99.8 |