TABLE 2.

Identification of the main components of the Lavandula essential oil

Retention time (min.)	Retention indexa	Compound identifiedb	Quantification (% of total)c
5.50	932	α-Pinene	0.27
5.90	946	Camphene	0.17
6.68	975	β-Pinene	0.39
7.79	1012	Hexyl acetate	0.20
8.18	1023	p-Cymene	0.32
8.41	1030	1,8-Cineol	36.11
9.88	1071	cis-Linalool oxide (furanoid)	7.90
10.47	1087	trans-Linalool oxide (furanoid)	5.87
10.95	1100	Linalool	15.79
11.43	1112	Octen-3-yl-1-acetate	1.14
12.65	1142	Camphor	5.93
13.12	1153	Nerol oxide	0.61
13.53	1163	Borneol	0.97
13.90	1172	cis-Linalool oxide (pyranoid)	0.66
14.03	1175	Terpinen-4-ol	0.56
14.60	1189	α-Terpineol	2.19
14.72	1192	Hexyl butanoate	0.44
16.63	1237	Cuminaldehyde plus hexyl-2-methyl butanoate	0.43
17.41	1256	Linalyl acetate	6.37
18.91	1291	Lavandulyl acetate	1.62
18.97	1293	Thymol	1.41
22.00	1365	Neryl acetate	0.32
22.80	1384	Geranyl acetate	0.61
30.57	1579	Caryophyllene oxide	0.97
34.39	1682	α-Bisabolol	0.21

^aLinear retention index relative to n-alkanes on HP-5-MS column.

^bCompounds identified by mass spectral libraries (63–65; laboratory database) and retention index (RI) comparison (63).

^cQuantification by normalization (area percent method) without considering calibration factors.