Table 1.
Chemical composition of the Satureja montana (commercial sample) and Mentha longifolia (obtained from the population growing at the UPV, Valencia, Spain) essential oils (EOs).
| COMPOUNDa | RI (lineal) exp.b | RI (lineal) ref.c |
S. montana |
M. longifolia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak area %d | Peak area % | |||
| Tricyclene | 921 | 921 | tre | -f |
| α-thujene | 925 | 924 | 1.1 ± 0.0 | – |
| α-pinene | 930 | 932 | 1.7 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 |
| Camphene | 945 | 946 | 0.5 ± 0.0 | tr |
| Sabinene | 969 | 969 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 |
| β-pinene | 974 | 974 | tr | 1.3 ± 0.0 |
| Octen-2-ol | 980 | 982 | 0.7 ± 0.0 | – |
| Myrcene | 991 | 988 | 3.1 ± 0.0 | 1.2 ± 0.0 |
| 2-octanol | 997 | 994 | – | 0.4 ± 0.0 |
| α-phellandrene | 1004 | 1002 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | tr |
| δ-3-carene | 1010 | 1008 | tr | – |
| α-terpinene | 1016 | 1014 | 1.9 ± 0.0 | – |
| p-cymene | 1019 | 1020 | 14.2 ± 0.1 | – |
| Limonene | 1027 | 1024 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.0 |
| 1,8-cineole | 1030 | 1026 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.0 |
| (Z)-β-ocimene | 1038 | 1032 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 2.2 ± 0.0 |
| (E)-β-ocimene | 1049 | 1044 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.0 |
| γ-terpinene | 1055 | 1054 | 15.9 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.0 |
| (Z)-sabinen hydrate | 1067 | 1065 | 0.6 ± 0.0 | – |
| Terpinolene | 1088 | 1086 | 0.3 ± 0.0 | – |
| Isopentyll 2-methyl butanoate | 1099 | 1102 | – | 0.3 ± 0.0 |
| Linalool | 1102 | 1095 | 3.2 ± 0.0 | – |
| 3-octanol acetate | 1120 | 1120 | – | tr |
| Camphor | 1142 | 1141 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | – |
| Neomenthol | 1158 | 1161 | – | tr |
| Borneol | 1166 | 1165 | 3.6 ± 0.0 | – |
| δ-terpineol | 1167 | 1162 | – | 0.2 ± 0.0 |
| terpinen-4-ol | 1177 | 1174 | 2.7 ± 0.0 | tr |
| α-terpineol | 1195 | 1186 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.0 |
| Thymol, methyl ether | 1235 | 1232 | 0.3 ± 0.0 | – |
| Pulegone | 1236 | 1233 | – | tr |
| Carvone | 1241 | 1239 | – | tr |
| Carvacrol methyl ether | 1246 | 1241 | 7.3 ± 0.1 | – |
| Piperitone oxide | 1248 | 1250 | – | 23.5 ± 0.3 |
| (Z)-carvone oxide | 1267 | 1259 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| Isopiperitenone | 1272 | 1272 | – | – |
| Neryl formiate | 1275 | 1280 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | – |
| Thymol | 1299 | 1289 | 3.0 ± 0.0 | – |
| 6-hydroxycarvotanacetone | 1300 | 1300 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| Carvacrol | 1321 | 1298 | 24 ± 0.3 | – |
| Piperitenone | 1333 | 1340 | – | tr |
| Thymol acetate | 1357 | 1349 | tr | – |
| Piperitenone oxide | 1359 | 1366 | – | 52.7 ± 0.2 |
| α-copaene | 1376 | 1374 | tr | – |
| β-bourbonene | 1384 | 1387 | – | tr |
| β-elemene | 1387 | 1389 | – | tr |
| (E)-jasmone | 1400 | 1390 | – | tr |
| (Z)-jasmone | 1407 | 1392 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| β-caryophyllene | 1420 | 1417 | 9.1 ± 0.1 | 3.0 ± 0.0 |
| (Z)-muurola-3,5-diene | 1447 | 1448 | – | 0.4 ± 0.0 |
| α-humulene | 1452 | 1452 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | – |
| (E)-β-farnesene | 1458 | 1454 | – | – |
| Germacrene-D | 1474 | 1484 | – | 3.8 ± 0.2 |
| Biciclogermacrene | 1487 | 1500 | – | 0.2 ± 0.0 |
| α-muurolene | 1498 | 1500 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| β- bisabolene | 1508 | 1505 | 1.5 ± 0.0 | – |
| γ-cadinene | 1512 | 1513 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| δ-cadinene | 1522 | 1522 | tr | – |
| Germacrene-D-4-ol | 1568 | 1574 | – | 0.2 ± 0.0 |
| Caryophyllene oxide | 1580 | 1582 | 0.4 ± 0.0 | tr |
| Muurolol epi-α | 1647 | 1640 | – | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
| α− cadinol | 1655 | 1652 | tr | – |
| TOTAL IDENTIFIED | 98.9 | 98.5 | ||
a
Compounds listed according to their elution order in a ZB-5 column.
b
Experimental linear retention index.
c
Linear retention index according to Adams (2007).
d
Normalised peak area from the FID chromatogram (mean ± SD from triplicate runs).
e
tr = traces (% < 0.05).
f
Not detected.