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. 2021 Apr 30;12(5):405. doi: 10.3390/insects12050405

Table 2.

Chemical composition of monoterpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated monoterpenes, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, oxygenated sesquiterpenes, total phenylpropanoids, classes, and the total identified extract from the cell suspensions of T. vulgaris and O. basilicum.

No. Compounds RI (exp) RI (lit) T. Vulgaris O. Basilicum
Relative Abundance %
Monoterpene Hydrocarbons
1 α-pinene 937–934 * 932 0.1 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.02
2 camphene 952–948 * 946 0.1 ± 0.02 0.1± 0.02
3 sabinene 973–976 * 973 0.1 ± 0.02 0.4 ± 0.06
4 β-pinene 977–978 * 977 0.2 ± 0.02 1 ± 0.02
5 β-myrcene 991–992 * 988 1.2 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.04
6 α-phellandrene 1005 1002 0.3 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.04
7 car-4-ene 1009 1004 - 1.2 ± 0.1
8 α-terpinene 1017–1018 * 1014 1 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.1
9 limonene 1030 1224 0.5 ± 0.06 0.4 ± 0.1
10 p-cymene 1026–1023 * 1023 17.3 ± 0.4 -
11 (Z)-β-ocimeme 1038–1040 * 1032 0.5 ± 0.06 0.2 ± 0.02
12 (E)-β-ocimeme 1049–1050 * 1044 0.1 ± 0.03 11.96 ± 0.2
13 γ-terpinene 1060–1061 * 1067 9.1 ± 0.5 1.0 ± 0.2
14 terpinolene 1088 1086 - 0.7 ± 0.1
Total Monoterpene Hydrocarbons Identified % 30.5 ± 1.55 17.63± 1.02
Oxygenated Monoterpenes
1 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) 1031–1026 * 1031 1 ± 0.1 7.24 ± 0.4
2 linalool oxide 1094 1094 0.2 ± 0.04 -
3 linalool (β-linalool) 1099–1100 * 1095 4.0 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.2
4 β-terpineol 1130 1130 0.2 ± 0.05 12.37 ±0.87
5 camphor 1145–1150 * 1141 0.4 ± 0.03 1.4 ± 0.2
6 cis-α-terpineol 1143 1143 0.2 ± 0.04 -
7 borneol (isoborneol) 1167–1141 * 1165 0.1 ± 0.02 0.2 ± 0.05
9 terpinen-4-ol 1177–1182 * 1174 0.3 ± 0.02 2 ± 0.3
10 dihydrocarvone 1179 1179 0.1 ± 0.02 -
11 α-terpineol 1189 1186 - 0.1 ± 0.04
12 estragole 1199 1199 - 22.38 ± 0.7
13 fenchyl acetate 1214 1214 - 0.1 ± 0.02
14 nerol 1228 1227 - 1.6± 0.2
15 thymol methyl ether 1235–1161 * 1235 1.7 ± 0.2 -
16 neral 1244 1244 0.05 ± 0.02 0.3 ± 0.1
17 carvacrol methyl ether 1248–1165 * 1245 1.7 ± 0.1 -
18 p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol 1261 1261 - 0.1 ± 0.04
19 thymol 1264–1265 * 1266 40.5± 0.86 -
20 bornyl acetate 1285 1284 - 0.5 ± 0.02
21 carvacrol 1299–1293 * 1298 0.4 ± 0.04 -
22 methyl geranate 1321 1319 - 0.3 ± 0.03
23 terpinyl acetate 1333 1333 0.2 ± 0.03 -
24 thymol acetate 1349 1352 0.2 ± 0.04 -
25 neryl acetate 1364 1359 - 0.1 ± 0.04
26 geraniol acetate 1370 1368 1 ± 0.2 -
27 methyl isoeugenol 1492 1495 0.2 ± 0.02 -
Total Oxygenated Monoterpenes Identified % 52.45± 2.63 49.89± 2.88
Sesquiterpene Hydrocarbons
1 α-copaene 1376 1374 - 0.4 ± 0.03
2 α-cubebene 1385–1386 * 1387 0.2 ± 0.04 0.5 ± 0.02
3 β-cubebene 1389–1494 * 1387 0.2 ± 0.03 0.7 ± 0.05
4 β-elemene 1391 1389 - 0.1 ± 0.03
5 β-caryophyllene 1424–1433 * 1424 6.12 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1
6 trans-α-bergamotene 1435 1432 - 0.2 ± 0.03
7 α-guaiene 1439 1437 - 4.8 ± 0.2
8 β-bergamotene 1441 1438 - 2.3 ± 0.2
9 α-humulene 1455 1452 0.5 ± 0.05 1.52 ± 0.04
10 (E)-β-farnesene 1457 1454 - 2.3 ± 0.08
11 germacrene D 1481 1484 0.4 ± 0.02 4.2 ± 0.2
12 β-selinene 1486 1489 - 0.2 ± 0.03
13 β-bulnesene 1505 1508 - 0.1 ± 0.02
14 β-bisabolene 1509 1512 - 0.3 ± 0.06
15 γ-cadinene 1513–1527 * 1513 0.4 ± 0.03 0.7 ± 0.02
16 δ-cadinene 1525–1535 * 1522 0.5 ± 0.05 0.4 ± 0.04
17 α-cadinene (α-amorphene) 1538–1487 * 1537 0.4 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.02
Total Sesquiterpene Hydrocarbons (SH) Identified % 8.72 ± 0.34 19.92 ± 1.17
Oxygenated Sesquiterpenes
1 caryophyllene oxide 1509–1512 * 1507 0.4 ± 0.04 -
2 cubenol 1515 1514 0.4 ± 0.03 -
3 τ-cadinol 1640 1638 0.8 ± 0.05 0.1 ± 0.02
4 α-eudesmol 1653 1652 - 1.8 ± 0.1
5 (2E,6Z)-farnesol 1715 1712 0.2 ± 0.02 -
Total Oxygenated Sesquiterpenes (OS) Identified (%) 1.8 ± 0.14 1.9± 0.12
Phenylpropanoids
1 chavicol 1256–1250 * 1247 0.3 ± 0.05 0.1 ± 0.03
2 eugenol 1357 1356 - 3.7 ± 0.3
3 methyl eugenol 1406 1402 - 0.4 ± 0.02
Total Phenylpropanoids (PP) Identified (%) 0.3 ± 0.05 4.2 ± 0.35
Non-Terpene Derivatives
1 ethyl isovalerate 853 856 - 0.3 ± 0.02
2 1-octen-3-ol 981 981 1.32 ± 0.1 -
3 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one 985 988 - 0.4 ± 0.02
4 3-octanon 989 988 0.1 ± 0.01 -
5 3-octanol 996 996 0.2 ± 0.03 -
Total Non-Terpene Derivatives (NT) Identified (%) 1.62 ± 0.14 0.7 ± 0.04
Total Identified (%) 95.39 94.24

Value was obtained from 3 replicates (Mean ± Standard deviation (SD), n = 3); RI (exp): relative retention index determined on VF-5ms fused silica capillary column; * RI (exp) of T. vulgaris if the value is different from that obtained from the O. basilicum; RI (lit) relative retention index from MS libraries (Wiley); National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Separation profiles of extracts after 40 days were explaining in Supplementary Figure S1.