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. 2020 Nov 25;9(12):1646. doi: 10.3390/plants9121646

Table 1.

Chemical composition of the essential oil (%±SD) and hydrosols (%±SD) from the two samples from aerial parts of V. saturejoides Vis. ssp. saturejoides.

Essential Oil Samples (%) Hydrosol Samples (%)
Component RI a RI b PS KS PS KS
Oxygenated monoterpenes 0.44 1.23 31.75 40
trans-p-Mentha-1(7),8-dien-2-ol 1187 1803 - 1.23 ± 0.01 31.75 ± 0.01 b 36.63 ± 0.01 a
Verbenone 1204 1705 - - - 0.76 ± 0.01
endo-Fenchyl acetate 1218 - - - - 2.61 ± 0.01
Piperitone oxide 1365 - 0.44 ± 0.01 - - -
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 8.09 7.2 36.46 34.53
(E)-Caryophyllene * 1424 1585 0.94 ± 0.01 b 2.46 ± 0.01 a 24.52 ± 0.01 a 12.35 ± 0.01 b
Z-Methyl isoeugenol 1451 - - - 1.25 ± 0.01 b 4.16 ± 0.01 a
allo-Aromadendrene 1465 1662 2.35 ± 0.01 a 0.68 ± 0.01 b 8.13 ± 0.01 b 11.53 ± 0.01 a
β-Chamigrene 1476 1724 - 0.44 ± 0.01 - 1.17 ± 0.01
γ-Muurolene 1478 1685 0.39 ± 0.01 b 0.87 ± 0.01 a - 0.65 ± 0.03
Germacrene D 1482 1692 2.78 ± 0.01 a 1.77 ± 0.01 b 2.56 ± 0.01 b 4.67 ± 0.01 a
δ-Cadinene 1517 1745 1.63 ± 0.01 a 0.98 ± 0.01 b - -
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes 54.25 26.78 4.38 2.1
Spathulenol 1577 2101 0.22 ± 0.01 b 0.87 ± 0.01 a - -
Caryophyllene oxide * 1581 1955 20.25 ± 0.01 a 2.34 ± 0.01 b 0.26 ± 0.01 b 0.84 ± 0.05 a
γ-Eudesmol 1632 2175 0.74 ± 0.01 a 0.33 ± 0.01 b 0.28 ± 0.01 -
α-Muurolol 1645 2181 2.91 ± 0.01 - - -
α-Bisabolol 1685 2210 - - 0.32 ± 0.05 -
Hexahydrofarnesyl acetone 1839 2113 30.13 ± 0.01 a 23.24 ± 0.01b 3.52 ± 0.01 b 1.26 ± 0.01 a
Oxygenated diterpens 2.82 - - -
Phytol 1942 2610 2.82 ± 0.03 - - -
Phenylpropanoids 5.78 2.06 14.56 12.26
Benzaldehyde 964 1513 - - 0.75 ± 0.01 a 0.34 ± 0.01 b
2-Methoxy-4-vinylphenol 1294 2178 2.56 ± 0.01 - 0.46 ± 0.01 -
Methyl eugenol 1403 2005 1.28 ± 0.01 a 1.13 ± 0.01b 13.35 ± 0.01 a 11.92 ± 0.01 b
Benzyl benzoate 1754 - 1.94 ± 0.01 a 0.93 ± 0.01b - -
Fatty aldehyde, acids and alcohol 17.4 43.85 3.87 2.59
n-Nonanal 1100 1389 - - 0.16 ± 0.01 -
Hexyl 2-methyl butanoate 1233 1425 - - 1.13 ± 0.01 b 1.82 ± 0.01 a
Nonanoic acid 1267 2149 0.12 ± 0.01 - - -
Dodecanoic acid 1564 2480 0.59 ± 0.01 b 1.67 ± 0.01 a - -
1-Hexadecanol 1874 2371 7.73 ± 0.01 a 4.53 ± 0.01 b 1.32 ± 0.01 -
Hexadecanoic acid 1959 2912 7.88 ± 0.01 b 37.31 ± 0.01 a 1.26 ± 0.01 a 0.77 ± 0.01 b
Oleic acid 2133 - 1.08 ± 0.01 a 0.34 ± 0.03 b - -
Hydrocarbons 3.69 14.26 1.27 0.95
Heneicosane * 2100 2100 0.42 ± 0.02 b 0.68 ± 0.07 a - -
Docosane * 2200 2200 0.73 ± 0.01 b 3.27 ± 0.01 a 1.27 ± 0.01 a 0.95 ± 0.01 b
Tricosane * 2300 2300 1.27 ± 0.01 b 4.03 ± 0.01 a - -
Tetracosane * 2400 2400 0.59 ± 0.05 - - -
Pentacosane * 2500 2500 0.68 ± 0.01 b 6.28 ± 0.01 a - -
Total (%) 92.47 95.38 92.29 92.43

RIa, retention indices on capillary column VF5-ms; RIb, retention indices on capillary column CP-Wax 52; RI, identification by comparison to literature [25], and/or homemade library, comparison of mass spectra with those in mass spectral libraries NIST02 and Wiley 9; * co-injection with reference compounds; –, not identified; SD = standard deviation of triplicate analysis; significant differences were determined using multiple t-test. a,b—Mean values with different superscript letters indicate a statistically significant difference between data from two locations (p < 0.05); PS—Prenj sample, KS—Kamešnica sample.