Table 3.
Chemical composition of essential oils.
| Compounds | LRI 1 | Class 2 | At | Ca | Cc | Cm | Cs | Cz | Eg | Ls | Mo | Ob | Sm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α-Pinene | 939 | mh | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||
| Sabinene | 975 | mh | 26.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| β-Pinene | 979 | mh | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |||||||
| 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one | 986 | nt | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Myrcene | 991 | mh | 0.5 | 3.5 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||
| α-Terpinene | 1017 | mh | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| p-Cymene | 1025 | mh | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.3 | |||||||
| o-Cymene | 1026 | mh | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Limonene | 1029 | mh | 31.1 | 92.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.0 | ||
| β-Phellandrene | 1030 | mh | 1.7 | ||||||||||
| 1,8-Cineole | 1033 | om | 6.1 | 0.2 | 84.2 | 10.7 | |||||||
| (Z)-β-Ocimene | 1037 | mh | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | ||||||||
| (E)-β-Ocimene | 1050 | mh | 2.4 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||||
| γ-Terpinene | 1060 | mh | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.2 | ||||||||
| Terpinolene | 1089 | mh | 14.2 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Linalool | 1097 | om | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 46.0 | 1.5 | |||
| Citronellal | 1158 | om | 11.2 | 0.6 | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Borneol | 1169 | om | 3.0 | ||||||||||
| Isoneral | 1170 | om | 0.8 | 1.2 | |||||||||
| 4-Terpineol | 1177 | om | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Isogeranial | 1185 | om | 1.1 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| α-Terpineol | 1189 | om | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Estragole | 1196 | pp | 1.3 | ||||||||||
| trans-Isopiperitenol | 1210 | om | 1.5 | ||||||||||
| Citronellol | 1226 | om | 3.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Neral | 1238 | om | 0.8 | 32.6 | 29.0 | ||||||||
| iso-Thymol methyl ether | 1244 | om | 5.2 | ||||||||||
| Geraniol | 1253 | om | 0.1 | 5.0 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| Geranial | 1267 | om | 1.4 | 40.1 | 36.5 | ||||||||
| (E)-Cinnamaldehyde | 1270 | nt | 63.2 | ||||||||||
| Bornyl acetate | 1289 | om | 1.3 | ||||||||||
| Thymol | 1290 | om | 7.0 | ||||||||||
| Carvacrol | 1299 | om | 45.4 | ||||||||||
| α-Cubebene | 1351 | sh | 3.3 | ||||||||||
| Eugenol | 1359 | pp | 3.5 | 2.3 | |||||||||
| α-Copaene | 1377 | sh | 0.2 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||
| Geranyl acetate | 1381 | om | 0.6 | 4.5 | 1.7 | ||||||||
| β-Elemene | 1391 | sh | 6.9 | 3.4 | |||||||||
| β-Caryophyllene | 1419 | sh | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 20.8 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | ||
| trans-α-Bergamotene | 1435 | sh | 1.9 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| α-Guaiene | 1440 | sh | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Cinnamyl acetate | 1445 | nt | 3.5 | ||||||||||
| α-Humulene | 1455 | sh | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |||||
| (E)-β-Farnesene | 1457 | sh | 2.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| γ-Muurolene | 1480 | sh | 1.8 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Germacrene D | 1485 | sh | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| β-Selinene | 1490 | sh | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | |||||||
| α-Selinene | 1494 | sh | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | ||||||||
| Curzerene | 1495 | sh | 17.5 | ||||||||||
| trans-β-Guaiene | 1503 | sh | 1.1 | ||||||||||
| α-Bulnesene | 1510 | sh | 0.8 | 2.2 | |||||||||
| γ-Cadinene | 1513 | sh | 6.2 | ||||||||||
| trans-γ-Cadinene | 1514 | sh | 1.6 | 3.8 | |||||||||
| cis-Calamenene | 1540 | sh | 22.7 | ||||||||||
| Selina-3,7(11)-diene | 1542 | sh | 1.8 | ||||||||||
| Flavesone | 1547 | nt | 7.2 | ||||||||||
| Germacrene B | 1561 | sh | 5.2 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Spathulenol | 1578 | os | 1.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Caryophyllene oxide | 1583 | os | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | |||||||
| Globulol | 1585 | os | 0.1 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| iso-Leptospermone | 1621 | os | 7.0 | ||||||||||
| Leptospermone | 1629 | os | 19.2 | ||||||||||
| epi-α-Cadinol | 1640 | os | 3.1 | ||||||||||
| t-Cadinol | 1643 | os | 1.4 | ||||||||||
| Furanoeudesma-1,3-diene | 1645 | os | 33.7 | ||||||||||
| Lindestrene | 1652 | os | 11.9 | ||||||||||
| cis-Calamene-10-o | 1661 | os | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Atractylone | 1669 | os | 9.8 | ||||||||||
| cadalene | 1676 | sh | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| Germacrone | 1694 | os | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| (R,5E,9E)-8-Methoxy-3,6,10-trimethyl-4,7,8,11-tetrahydrocyclodeca[b]furan | 1733 | os | 5.6 | ||||||||||
| Benzyl benzoate | 1760 | nt | 2.6 | ||||||||||
| m-Camphorene | 1960 | dh | 1.5 | ||||||||||
| Pentacosane | 2500 | nt | 1.5 | ||||||||||
| 2Class of Compounds | |||||||||||||
| Monoterpene hydrocarbons (mh) | 62.1 | 98.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 51.4 | 4.4 | 14.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 23 | ||
| Oxygenated monoterpenes (om) | 34.6 | 0.5 | 88.4 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 84.8 | 0.1 | 85.3 | 59.8 | 65.1 | |||
| Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (sh) | 1.9 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 36.2 | 38.7 | 14.5 | 0.2 | 45.4 | 11.3 | 27.6 | 4.5 | ||
| Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (os) | 1.2 | 63.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 32.6 | 0.7 | 3.8 | |||||
| Diterpenes hydrocarbons (dh) | 2.1 | ||||||||||||
| Oxygenated diterpenes (od) | 0.1 | 0.4 | |||||||||||
| Phenylpropanoids (pp) | 0.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||||||||||
| Non-terpene derivatives (nt) | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 71.7 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total compounds identified | 99.9 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.1 | 99.4 | 99.9 | 87.6 | 99.6 | 99.5 | 92.6 |
1 LRI: linear retention indices on DB-5 column. Class 2: Class: class of compounds as described above. At, Aloysia triphylla; Ca, Citrus aurantium; Cc, Cymbopogon citratus; Cm, Commiphora molmol; Cs, Cannabis sativa; Cz, Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Eg, Eucalyptus globulus; Ls, Leptospermum scoparium; Mo, Melissa officinalis; Ob, Ocimum basilicum; Sm, Satureja montana. Identified compounds with abundance ≤1% were not inserted in this table, but they were utilized for calculating the sums of the classes.