Table 4.

Relative content of constituent monoterpenes in MEO_Fl and MEO_Lv and their effects on [Ca²⁺]_i flux in HEK rTRPA1-transfected cells.

Compound	Composition		HEK Cells
	MEOFl	MEOLv	rTRPA1	NT
	%		[Ca2+]i Change
α-Pinene	0.7	0.4	0.054 ± 0.014	0.013 ± 0.002
Camphene	0.1	0.1	0.014 ± 0.004	0.009 ± 0.001
β-Pinene	0.2	0.1	0.012 ± 0.002	0.011 ± 0.001
Sabinene	0.3	0.1	0.029 ± 0.005	0.034 ± 0.004
β-Myrcene	1.4	0.8	0.111 ± 0.003	0.005 ± 0.001
α-Terpinene	3.8	1.7	0.007 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.001
(-) Limonene	0.9	0.5	0.008 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001
(+) Limonene	-	-	0.011 ± 0.002	0.009 ± 0.002
γ-Terpinene	6.8	2.5	0.034 ± 0.005	0.014 ± 0.001
p-Cymene	25.6	13.1	0.071 ± 0.011	0.027 ± 0.001
Terpinolene	0.1	-	0.034 ± 0.007	0.022 ± 0.003
Linalool	0.1	0.1	0.037 ± 0.007	0.002 ± 0.0003
Terpinen-4-ol	1.1	-	0.046 ± 0.007	0.013 ± 0.002
α-Terpineol	0.2	0.1	0.010 ± 0.002	0.004 ± 0.001
Thymol	3.1	3.3	0.849 ± 0.013	0.026 ± 0.002
Carvacrol	45.7	71.5	0.340 ± 0.012	0.061 ± 0.018

Values of [Ca²⁺]_i changes are presented as the mean ± S.E.M. of 3 independent experiments, as described in Materials and Methods. The cells were treated with 100 µM of monoterpene, and [Ca²⁺]_i was monitored, as described. NT, nontransfected HEK cells.