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. 2021 May 25;10(6):1061. doi: 10.3390/plants10061061

Table 8.

Essential oil compositions of three samples of wild-growing Verbena hastata.

RIcalc RIdb Compound Percent Composition
#1 #2 #3
801 801 Hexanal 0.4 0.2 ---
850 853 (3Z)-Hexenol 0.8 0.6 ---
902 905 Heptanal 1.1 0.3 ---
960 960 Benzaldehyde 0.3 0.4 ---
974 973 1-Octen-3-one 0.7 0.3 ---
977 978 1-Octen-3-ol 29.1 22.5 2.4
983 984 3-Octanone 0.2 0.2 ---
988 989 2-Pentylfuran 0.3 --- ---
991 995 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol 0.3 0.2 ---
995 996 3-Octanol 0.3 0.2 ---
1002 1005 Octanal 0.3 0.1 ---
1022 1025 p-Cymene --- 0.5 ---
1027 1030 Limonene --- 0.1 ---
1032 1033 Benzyl alcohol 0.3 0.9 0.3
1068 1069 cis-Linalool oxide (furanoid) --- 0.7 ---
1068 1076 1-Octanol 1.0 --- 0.6
1083 1082 Terpinolene --- 0.1 ---
1084 1086 trans-Linalool oxide (furanoid) --- 0.3 0.1
1098 1101 Linalool 1.5 1.9 0.7
1103 1104 Nonanal 11.1 1.8 2.0
1110 1111 Phenyl ethyl alcohol 1.7 2.3 1.2
1184 1186 p-Cymen-8-ol --- 0.2 0.1
1189 1190 Methyl salicylate 0.4 1.0 0.4
1193 1195 α-Terpineol --- 0.3 0.3
1196 1197 Methyl chavicol (=Estragole) 1.0 0.3 2.8
1204 1206 Decanal --- 0.2 0.2
1214 1217 Coumaran --- 0.2 0.5
1216 1219 β-Cyclocitral --- 0.5 0.2
1263 1263 (2E)-Decenal 0.3 0.1 0.2
1267 1272 Nonanoic acid 0.8 1.0 2.6
1274 1271 Decanol 0.3 --- 0.6
1290 1293 Thymol 0.3 0.2 1.1
1298 1300 Carvacrol 0.3 0.1 0.4
1309 1309 4-Vinylguaiacol --- 0.2 0.6
1351 1356 Eugenol --- 0.3 0.3
1378 1380 (E)-β-Damascenone 0.5 0.8 0.9
1408 1410 Italicene --- --- 0.4
1447 1447 Geranyl acetone 0.3 0.6 0.6
1461 1461 4,6,8,10-Tetramethyltridecane 0.8 0.3 0.7
1477 1481 (E)-β-Ionone 0.6 0.8 0.8
1480 1480 5,6-Epoxy-β-ionone 0.3 0.7 0.4
1524 1524 Dihydroactinidiolide 0.5 0.9 1.2
1560 1560 (E)-Nerolidol --- --- 0.2
1596 1596 Fokienol 0.3 1.0 1.1
1600 1600 Hexadecane 0.3 --- 0.2
1628 1627 Eremoligenol 0.3 --- 0.2
1630 1632 γ-Eudesmol 1.0 --- 1.1
1638 1640 Hinesol 0.2 --- ---
1653 2656 β-Eudesmol 2.1 0.9 1.8
1690 1694 Germacrone --- 0.4 ---
1714 1715 Pentadecanal 0.3 --- 0.4
1758 1758 Myristic acid --- 0.8 ---
1840 1841 Phytone 4.4 3.1 7.3
1866 1869 Benzyl salicylate 1.1 2.0 1.8
1889 1891 Hexadecatrienal --- --- 0.3
1904 1902 (E,E)-6,10,14-Trimethyl-5,9,13-pentadecatrien-2-one --- --- 0.3
1921 1921 Methyl palmitate --- --- 0.3
1959 1958 Palmitic acid 8.5 21.6 15.3
2019 2018 Octadecanal 0.2 --- 0.4
2082 2081 1-Octadecanol 9.6 2.8 14.0
2094 2098 Methyl linolenate --- --- 0.3
2106 2106 Phytol 5.2 7.1 12.6
2128 2128 Linoleic acid --- 0.8 0.6
2132 2134 α-Linolenic acid 1.1 4.4 3.2
2300 2300 Tricosane 0.7 0.5 1.0
2500 2500 Pentacosane 0.4 0.4 0.6
2700 2700 Heptacosane 0.4 0.3 0.5
Monoterpenoids 2.0 4.9 2.9
Sesquiterpenoids 3.9 2.3 4.9
Diterpenoids 5.2 7.1 12.6
Benzenoids 4.9 7.5 7.9
Others 75.7 66.3 58.1
Total identified 91.7 88.2 86.5
Enantiomeric distribution (+):(−)
1-Octen-3-ol 0:100 0:100 0:100
Linalool 22.9:77.1 22.2:77.8 22.7:77.3
α-Terpineol 49.6:50.4 49.8:50.2 49.9:50.1
(E)-β-Ionone 100:0 100:0 100:0
(E)-Nerolidol 0:100 0:100 0:100

RIcalc = retention indices calculated with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 column. RIdb = retention indices from the databases [29,30,31,32].