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. 2022 Mar 3;27(5):1666. doi: 10.3390/molecules27051666

Table 1.

Chemical composition (percentage mean value ± standard deviation) of exocarp and mesocarp.

No. Component 1 LRI 2 LRI 3 Exocarp 4 (%) Mesocarp 5 (%)
1 α-thujene 923 925 0.5 ± 0.02 0.4 ± 0.03
2 α-pinene 941 943 1.6 ± 0.02 1.4 ± 0.01
3 β-thujene 966 968 0.2 ± 0.01 -
4 β-pinene 980 986 2.5 ± 0.02 2.4 ± 0.02
5 α-phellandrene 998 996 - tr
6 p-cymene 1020 1016 0.2 ± 0.02 0.7 ± 0.03
7 limonene 1024 1023 75.8 ± 0.02 76.2 ± 0.02
8 cis-β-ocimene 1035 1032 1.2 ± 0.02 1.1 ± 0.02
9 γ-terpinene 1057 1054 16.5 ± 0.02 15.0 ± 0.02
10 α-terpinolene 1081 1078 0.2 ± 0.02 0.6 ± 0.02
11 α-terpineol 1185 1183 0.1 ± 0.01 0.4 ± 0.02
12 carveol 1205 1201 - 0.1 ± 0.00
13 4-terpinenyl acetate 1282 1286 0.5 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.02
14 α-citral 1285 1287 - 0.1 ± 0.00
15 α-bergamotene 1433 1431 0.3 ± 0.02 0.6 ± 0.02
16 α-himachalene 1451 1447 0.1 ± 0.02 0.6 ± 0.02
17 γ-gurjunene 1482 1479 - tr
18 α-farnesene 1510 1506 0.2 ± 0.02 -
SUM 99.9 99.7
Monoterpene hydrocarbons 98.7 97.8
Oxygenated monoterpenes 0.6 0.7
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 0.6 1.2

1 The components are reported according to their elution order on apolar column; 2, Linear Retention Indices measured on apolar column; 3, Linear Retention Indices from literature; Exocarp 4, percentage mean values of exocarp components (%); Mesocarp 5, percentage mean values of mesocarp components; -, not detected; tr, traces (mean value < 0.1%).