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. 2022 Apr 5;11(7):994. doi: 10.3390/plants11070994

Table 2.

Essential oils content of aerial parts and roots of Angelica sylvestris.

Compound RI *
(DB-5)
Content in Essential Oils (%)
Aerial Parts Roots
α-Pinene 933 45.4 12.4
Camphene 946 4.6 nf
Sabinene 971 1.1 nf
β-Pinene 974 2.0 nf
β-Myrcene 990 13.3 nf
α-Terpinen 1014 0.4 0.7
p-Cymene 1018 15.5 8.2
β-Phellandrene 1030 1.3 nf
(Z)-β-Ocimene 1040 1.1 0.9
(E)-β-Ocimene 1048 0.7 nf
Terpinolene 1085 1.2 nf
n-Nonanal 1108 nf 1.3
α-Terpineol 1188 nf 1.2
(E)-Verbenyl acetate 1301 1.4 nf
β-Elemene 1391 nf 1.2
(E)-β-Caryophyllene 1416 0.8 nf
β-Copaene 1424 nf 2.7
α-Humulene 1450 1.0 nf
β-Farnesene 1456 nf 2.2
Germacrene D 1477 3.2 nf
β-Bisabolene 1501 nf 1.5
γ-Cadinene 1507 0.8 nf
Cadina-1,4-diene 1536 nf 2.3
Elemol 1546 nf 3.4
Caryophyllene oxide 1573 nf 2.4
Isocaryophyllene oxide/caryophyllenol 1582 nf 31.9
Epiglobulol/humulene epoxide 1614 nf 1.4
α-Muurolene 1648 nf 4.2
α-Cadinol 1663 nf 1.7
α-Bisabolol 1680 1.4 17.5
Nerolidol acetate 1721 nf 1.3
Unknown 1857 nf 1.5
Palmitic acid 1965 3.3 nf
Total 99.9 99.9
Monoterpenes 16.7 2.8
Cyclic monoterpenes 49.8 12.4
Bicyclic sesquiterpenes 0.8 34.3
Sesquiterpenes 6.4 36.7
Other compounds 24.8 13.7

* RI, retention index; nf, not found.