Table 1.
Chemical components of volatile oils from fresh and dried Mentha suaveolens L. analyzed by GC/FID and GC/MS.
| a Conc. % |
b Calculated KI |
c KI Data Average |
Name | d Type | Identification Methods | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Plant | Leaves | Stems | ||||||||
| Fresh | Dried | Fresh | Dried | Fresh | Dried | |||||
| 0.01 | 3.22 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 978 | 977 | Octen-2-ol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0 | 989 | 989 | Decan<1> | M | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.07 | 0.31 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.67 | 0.23 | 998 | 999 | Ethyl hexanoate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 1005 | 1007 | Hexenyl acetate(3Ƶ) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.07 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1007 | 1007 | Hexenoic acid (2E) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1008 | 1008 | Linalool oxide (dehydroxy-cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1011 | 10,011 | δ-Carene (3) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1013 | 1013 | Hexenyl acetate (2E) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.54 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 | 1014 | 1013 | 1,8 Cineole | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.86 | 1017 | 1017 | Terpinene(α) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1024 | 1025 | p-Cymene | M | KI and MS |
| 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.08 | 1026 | 1026 | Menthene (1-p) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 1029 | 1029 | β-Phellandrene | M | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0 | 1037 | 1038 | Ocimene(Ƶ-β) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.62 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 1050 | 1048 | Ocimene(Ε-β) | M | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1059 | 1060 | Terpinene(-γ-) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1066 | 1065 | Octen-1-ol(2Ε) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 1.71 | 0.29 | 0.71 | 0.56 | 1.26 | 0.2 | 1076 | 1076 | Benzyl formate | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.81 | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.34 | 0.25 | 1088 | 1086 | Terpinolene | M | KI and MS and St. |
| 1.54 | 0.46 | 1.13 | 0.9 | 1.18 | 0.18 | 1096 | 1097 | Linalool | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.03 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.05 | 1101 | 1102 | Hexyl propanoate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1104 | 1103 | Methyl butyl isovalerate(2) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.13 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1113 | 1115 | Camphenol(6-) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1121 | 1122 | Menth-2-en-1-ol(cis-p) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 5.88 | 2.81 | 3.93 | 4.98 | 3.85 | 2.85 | 1122 | 1122 | Myrcenol | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 4.29 | 1.84 | 5.61 | 2.44 | 4.4 | 1.04 | 1133 | 1132 | Terpineol<1-> | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 1144 | 1143 | Ocimene(neo-allo) | M | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 1153 | 1155 | Thujanol(neo-3) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 1.38 | 0.23 | 0.83 | 0.52 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 1159 | 1159 | Isopulegol(iso) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.08 | 1160 | 1159 | Isoborneol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1164 | 1164 | Terpineol(cis dihydro) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 1165 | 1164 | Menthol(neo) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 1170 | 1170 | Pinocampheol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1171 | 1171 | Iso pulegol (neoiso) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.09 | 1174 | 1174 | Linalool oxide (cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1176 | 1176 | Linalool oxide (Trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 1177 | 1177 | Terpinen-4-ol | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 1186 | 1187 | Dillether | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1188 | 1188 | α-Terpineol | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0 | 1189 | 1189 | Verbanol (neoiso) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1192 | 1192 | Dihydro carveol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0 | 1193 | 1194 | Dihydro carveol(neo) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1196 | 1196 | Decanol(3-) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 1199 | 1199 | γ-Terpineol | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.91 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1200 | 1201 | Dihydro carveol (Trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 0.03 | 1208 | 1208 | Piperitol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.9 | 0.69 | 1214 | 1213 | Pulegol (Trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.11 | 1.62 | 0 | 2.52 | 0.48 | 1.28 | 1215 | 1216 | Dihydro myrcenol acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 1.77 | 0.49 | 3.45 | 0.88 | 2.12 | 0.63 | 1216 | 1216 | Carveol (Trans) | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1219 | 1220 | Cyclo citral | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 1227 | 1227 | Prenyl cyclo pentanone | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0 | 1.84 | 2.24 | 2.65 | 2.5 | 0.02 | 1229 | 1229 | Carveol(cis) | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 1.69 | 1230 | 1232 | Mentha-1,8-dien-2-ol (cis-p) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 1234 | 1235 | linalool acetate (tetrahydro) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 43.65 | 45 | 64.31 | 53.45 | 58.8 | 49 | 1234 | 1234 | Carvone | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 3.8 | 4 | 2.1 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.01 | 1237 | 1237 | Pulegone | LOC | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1242 | 1242 | Verbenyl acetate(Trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.06 | 1244 | 1244 | Isomenthene(2-ethyl) | S | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 1247 | 1247 | Carvotan aceton | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1253 | 1254 | Myrtanal (cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.11 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1254 | 1253 | Piperitone epoxide (cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1255 | 1254 | Piperitone epoxide (trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 1256 | 1256 | Sabinene hydrate acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.34 | 0 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.32 | 0 | 1258 | 1257 | Carvenone | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 1.26 | 1261 | 1262 | Myrtanol(Trans) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 1263 | 1263 | Carvonoxide(cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1265 | 1265 | Cauaiacol acetate<o> | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 1276 | 1267 | Thujanol acetate(neo-3) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 1277 | 1275 | Isopulegyl acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.33 | 0.46 | 0.19 | 0.85 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 1282 | 1282 | Verbenyl acetate(cis) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 1283 | 1282 | Thujanol acetate(neo iso-3) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 1285 | 1285 | Terpinen-7-al(α) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 1288 | 1288 | Fenchol(2-ethyl-endo) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 2.79 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.85 | 0.15 | 0.7 | 1289 | 1288 | Limonen-10-ol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1290 | 1291 | Thymol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 2.66 | 2.32 | 1.09 | 2.14 | 0.65 | 1.2 | 1328 | 1329 | Silphiperfol-5-ene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1333 | 1334 | cis-Carvyl acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1336 | 1336 | Presilphiperfol-7-ene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1338 | 1338 | Elemene(δ-) | S | KI and MS and St. |
| 1.69 | 1.29 | 0.68 | 1.31 | 0.44 | 0.7 | 1351 | 1351 | Cubebene(α) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.47 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1352 | 1353 | Thymol acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.52 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 1353 | 1354 | Lengipinene(α) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 1354 | 1354 | Ethyl nerolate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 1359 | 1358 | Dihydro carveol acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 1.41 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.95 | 0.71 | 0.59 | 1371 | 1372 | Cyclo sativene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.17 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.08 | 1372 | 1373 | p-Menthane-1,2,3-triol | LOC | KI and MS |
| 1.37 | 0.6 | 0.53 | 0.8 | 0.13 | 0.57 | 1376 | 1375 | Copaene(α) | S | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.53 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 1380 | 1380 | cis-Jasmone | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1381 | 1381 | Patchoulene(β-) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0 | 1382 | 1383 | Daucene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 1388 | 1388 | Cubebene(β-) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.25 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 1390 | 1391 | Longifolene(iso) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 1391 | 1392 | Elemene(β-) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1392 | 1393 | Sativene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.32 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.1 | 1400 | 1400 | Longipinene(β-) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.83 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.14 | 1402 | 1403 | Funebrene(α) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 1408 | 1408 | Caryophyllene(Ƶ) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 1409 | 1409 | Gurjunene(α) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.07 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0 | 1412 | 1412 | β-Caryophyllene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.56 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.13 | 14 | 1417 | 1416 | Santalene | S | KI and MS |
| 0 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 1419 | 1418 | Caryophyllene(Ε-) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 1423 | 1424 | Menth-1-on-9-ol acetate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 1430 | 1430 | Ionone(Ε-α) | LOC | KI and MS |
| 4 | 11 | 0.03 | 3.81 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 1431 | 1431 | Copaene(β) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1436 | 1435 | Elemene(-γ) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 1441 | 1441 | Aromadendrene | S | KI and MS and St. |
| 0.03 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 1444 | 1444 | α-Humulene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 1446 | 1445 | γ-Muurolene | S | KI and MS |
| 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1447 | 1447 | Cabreuva(A) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 1451 | 1451 | Himachalene(α) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.2 | 1454 | 1454 | Neryl propanoate | LOC | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 1456 | 1457 | Carvyl propanoate(Trans) | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.19 | 3.63 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 1460 | 1462 | Aromadendrene(allo) | S | KI and MS |
| 0.04 | 0.93 | 0.03 | 1.37 | 0.11 | 0.54 | 1466 | 1467 | Dodecanal | S | KI and MS |
| 0.1 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 1469 | 1469 | Ethyl-(2Ε,4Ƶ)-decadienoate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.72 | 0.01 | 1.08 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 1470 | 1471 | Pinchotene acetate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.02 | 0.8 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1477 | 1478 | Geranyl propanoate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 2.43 | 0.09 | 2.81 | 1478 | 1478 | Allyl decanoate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.1 | 1480 | 1481 | Cabreuva oxide D | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1482 | 1482 | Menthyl lactate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 1.44 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 1.88 | 0.17 | 1515 | 1516 | Gernyl isobutanoate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 1517 | 1517 | Himachalene(α-dehydro-ar) | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.13 | 2.68 | 0.1 | 2.23 | 0.13 | 1.91 | 1522 | 1522 | Isobornyl isovalerate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 0.13 | 2.34 | 0.18 | 2.86 | 0.26 | 7.06 | 1524 | 1524 | Isobornyl-2-methyl butanoate | HOC | KI and MS |
| 2.5 | 3.07 | 0.2 | 2.67 | 4.01 | 2.44 | 1640 | 1640 | Epi-α-Muurolol | HOC | KI and MS |
a concentration of area %, b KI (Kovat’s index), c reported Kovats index, [19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]; www.webbook.nist.gov (accessed on 30 March 2022), d Sesquiterpenes (S), heavy oxygenated compounds (HOC), light oxygenated compounds (LOC), and monoterpenes (M). Standard compound (St). Notes: The analytical replicates were performed twice.