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. 2020 Aug 13;9(8):1118. doi: 10.3390/foods9081118

Table 3.

Complete volatile constituents of fresh Cannabis sativa flowers.

Compound RT
(min)		 Retention Indices (RI) Content (%) 5
RI_lit 1 RI_lit 2 RI_lit 3 RI_exp 4
Octane 4.585 800 800 800 800 0.08 ± 0.01
(2E)-2-Hexenal 6.130 855 851 850 855 tr 6
(3Z)-3-Hexen-1-ol 6.240 859 857 853 857 0.06 ± 0.02
1-Hexanol 6.705 870 868 867 869 tr
2-Heptanone 7.485 892 891 892 890 0.05 ± 0.01
Heptanal 7.900 902 901 906 900 0.51 ± 0.12
(2E,4E)-2,4-Hexadienal 8.395 909 911 914 909 tr
Artemisia triene 8.620 929 929 922 926 0.50 ± 0.21
α-Thujene 9.035 930 929 927 928 0.06 ± 0.08
α-Pinene 9.310 939 937 933 932 2.16 ± 0.82
Fenchene 9.985 952 952 948 953 0.25 ± 0.05
Benzaldehyde 10.585 960 962 960 960 tr
(2E)-2-Hepten-1-ol 11.025 965 978 964 970 tr
Sabinene 11.290 975 974 972 976 tr
β-Pinene 11.400 979 979 978 976 2.51 ± 0.32
trans-Isolimonene 11.815 984 983 984 983 tr
6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one 12.115 985 985 986 987 tr
β-Myrcene 12.455 990 991 991 994 26.66 ± 1.79
α-Phellandrene 12.970 1002 1005 1007 1004 0.13 ± 0.06
3-Carene 13.280 1011 1011 1009 1007 0.12 ± 0.09
α-Terpinene 13.665 1017 1017 1018 1017 0.12 ± 0.03
o-Cymene 13.910 1026 1022 1024 1021 tr
p-Cymene 14.115 1024 1030 1025 1025 tr
Limonene 14.415 1029 1030 1030 1030 10.45 ± 1.21
Sylvestrene 14.745 1030 1027 1031 1035 tr
β-cis-Ocimene 15.055 1037 1038 1035 1041 0.09 ± 0.03
β-trans-Ocimene 15.660 1050 1049 1046 1051 1.12 ± 0.14
Prenyl isobutyrate 15.930 1052 1052 1050 1052 tr
Oct-(3Z)-enol 16.025 1054 1059 1059 1054 tr
γ-Terpinene 16.205 1059 1060 1058 1062 0.14 ± 0.07
cis-Sabinene hydrate 16.695 1070 1070 1069 1071 0.14 ± 0.09
2-trans-Octenol 17.285 1074 1072 1073 1075 0.05 ± 0.01
Terpinolene 18.030 1088 1088 1086 1087 2.50 ± 0.43
6,7-Epoxymyrcene 18.445 1092 1090 1096 1091 0.06 ± 0.02
trans-Sabinene hydrate 18.650 1094 1093 1099 1096 tr
Linalool 18.895 1096 1099 1101 1099 0.09 ± 0.11
Nonanal 19.150 1100 1104 1107 1105 0.32 ± 0.14
Fenchol 19.565 1116 1113 1119 1116 0.82 ± 0.03
trans-Pinene hydrate 20.025 1122 1120 1121 1118 0.82 ± 0.21
cis-Pinene hydrate 21.340 1143 1143 1144 1139 0.11 ± 0.07
β-Terpineol 21.720 1144 1144 1149 1145 0.06 ± 0.01
Ipsdienol 21.875 1145 1147 1146 1147 0.1 ± 0.02
Myrcenone 22.000 1149 1145 1149 1150 0.09 ± 0.10
α-Pinene oxide 22.635 1159 1157 1156 1158 0.09 ± 0.05
3-Thujanol 23.005 1168 1167 1169 1165 0.09 ± 0.03
Terpinen-4-ol 23.740 1177 1177 1177 1177 0.12 ± 0.09
Isogeranial 23.880 1180 1182 1179 1177 tr
α-Terpineol 24.670 1188 1189 1195 1189 0.43 ± 0.12
Hexyl butanoate 25.035 1192 1192 1195 1194 0.14 ± 0.07
trans-4-Caranone 25.530 1196 1197 1200 1196 tr
Bornyl acetate 30.975 1285 1285 1285 1282 tr
α-Cubebene 35.095 1351 1351 1349 1345 tr
α-Ylangene 36.410 1375 1372 1371 1368 0.12 ± 0.01
α-Copaene 36.700 1376 1376 1375 1373 tr
Hexyl hexanoate 37.405 1383 1384 1387 1383 tr
7-epi-Sesquithujene 37.705 1391 1402 1389 1387 0.07 ± 0.03
Isocaryophyllene 38.610 1408 1406 1405 1402 0.54 ± 0.12
α-Gurjunene 38.800 1409 1409 1406 1404 tr
β-(E)-Caryophyllene 39.480 1419 1419 1424 1415 17.50 ± 1.75
β-Duprezianene 39.735 1422 1422 1427 1420 0.09 ± 0.03
α-trans-Bergamotene 40.560 1434 1435 1432 1435 0.17 ± 0.09
β-Humulene 40.660 1438 1440 1440 1435 0.11 ± 0.05
Guaia-6,9-diene 40.925 1444 1443 1444 1440 0.17 ± 0.11
α-Humulene 41.485 1454 1454 1454 1453 7.26 ± 1.48
Khusimene 41.650 1455 1451 1451 1455 0.21 ± 0.14
β-(E)-Farnesene 41.870 1456 1457 1452 1457 0.33 ± 0.21
9-epi-(E)-Caryophyllene 41.985 1464 1466 1464 1459 0.39 ± 0.18
Dodec-(2E)-enal 42.380 1466 1468 1469 1464 0.15 ± 0.08
γ-Gurjunene 42.865 1474 1475 1476 1473 0.10 ± 0.01
β-Chamigrene 43.290 1477 1476 1479 1479 1.41 ± 0.56
γ-Selinene 43.425 1479 1479 1480 1481 0.62 ± 0.19
α-Selinene 43.990 1496 1494 1495 1490 1.65 ± 0.77
α-Zingiberene 44.330 1498 1495 1496 1495 0.31 ± 0.16
δ-Amorphene 44.785 1504 1505 1506 1499 0.38 ± 0.09
(E,E)-α-Farnesene 45.100 1505 1508 1504 1509 1.80 ± 0.64
Pseudowiddrene 45.385 1509 1510 1510 1512 1.24 ± 0.57
δ-Cadinene 45.755 1523 1524 1518 1514 0.21 ± 0.03
γ-Cuprenene 46.320 1533 1532 1530 1532 0.56 ± 0.12
Selina-4(15),7(11)-diene 46.575 1546 1542 1540 1533 2.13 ± 0.86
α-Cadinene 46.705 1538 1538 1538 1538 0.82 ± 0.31
(E)-α-Bisabolene 47.025 - 1512 1540 1538 0.28 ± 0.16
cis-Muurol-5-en-4-β-ol 47.300 1551 1549 1548 1548 0.07 ± 0.03
Germacrene B 47.555 1561 1557 1557 1551 0.16 ± 0.05
Lippifoli-1(6)-en-5-one 47.995 1552 1553 1551 1557 0.69 ± 0.32
epi-Longipinanol 48.310 1563 1566 1558 1564 0.44 ± 0.11
Caryophyllene oxide 49.055 1583 1581 1581 1576 3.79 ± 0.44
Humulene epoxide I 49.965 - 1604 1604 1590 0.18 ± 0.05
Humulene epoxide II 50.540 1608 1606 1613 1607 1.25 ± 0.14
1,10-di-epi-Cubenol 51.115 1619 1615 1614 1612 0.62 ± 0.23
epi-γ-Eudesmol 51.455 1623 1622 1624 1623 0.64 ± 0.45
α-Acorenol 51.935 1633 1631 1632 1633 0.14 ± 0.04
Caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5α-ol 52.350 1640 1637 1642 1646 0.80 ± 0.23
α-Bisabolol 54.140 1685 1684 1688 1686 0.44 ± 0.13

Retention indices according to 1 Adams [30], 2 NIST 17 database [27], 3 FFNSC [28]; 4 % calculated from TIC data; 5 experimental retention indices calculated against n-alkanes; 6 tr < 0.05%.