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. 2021 Aug 15;26(16):4937. doi: 10.3390/molecules26164937

Table 1.

Chemical composition of the essential oils.

Components LRI a Foeniculum vulgare
% b
Lavandula vera
% b
Melissa
officinalis
% b
Pinus sylvestris
% b
Salvia
officinalis
% b
Thymus vulgaris
% b
Eugenia
caryophyllata
% b
Origanum vulgare
% b
Pelargonium asperum
% b
Anethole 1285 72.1 - - - - - - - -
Fenchone 1089 14.2 - - - - - - - -
α-Pinene 933 3.7 - - 55.7 - 11.5 - - -
Eugenol 1358 - - - - - - 82.75 - -
Methyl chavicol 1196 3.7 - - - - - - - -
Citronellal 1154 - - 25.2 - - - - - 25.5
β-Pinene 979 - - - 10 - - - - -
Limonene 1029 3 - 12.4 9.7 - 13.2 - - -
Geranial 1270 - - 8.8 - - - - - -
β-Caryophyllene 1425 - 2.9 - - - - 7.9 - -
Eugenyl acetate 1526 - - - - - - 7.1 - -
p-Cymene 1025 - - - - - 16.2 - 12.4 -
1,8-Cineole 1032 - - - - 7.7 - - - -
γ-Terpinene 1059 - - - - - 4 - 7.6 -
Linalool 1099 - 41.9 - - - - - - 10.9
α-Terpineol 1192 - - 6.3 - - - - - -
Geraniol 1255 - - 6.3 - - - - - 16.2
Neral 1220 - - 5.4 - - - - - -
Camphor 1144 - - - - 22.6 - - - -
trans-Sabinene hydrate 1094 - - - - 29.4 - - - -
Linalyl acetate 1254 - 32.7 - - - - - - -
Lavandulyl
acetate
1289 - 3.2 - - - - - - -
Terpinen-4-ol 1179 - 2 - - - - - - -
Carvacrol 1305 - - - - - 7.8 - 62.6 -
Thymol 1295 - - - - - 26.52 - - -
Citronellyl
formate
1352 - - - - - - - - 5.1
Total % b 96.7 82.7 64.4 75.4 59.7 79.22 97.75 82.6 57.7

a Linear retention index (LRI) calculated on HP-5 column [3,11]. b Relative percentages of individual components expressed as the % peak area relative to the total composition of the EO obtained by the GC-MS analysis.