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. 2022 Oct 29;27(21):7356. doi: 10.3390/molecules27217356

Table 2.

Essential oil composition of citral chemotype C. camphora and C. bodinieri.

No RI a
(lit)
RI b
(exp)
Compounds c Molecular
Formula
Percent Composition
N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7
1 972 975 sabinene C10H16 - 6.0 - - - - -
2 981 978 β-Pinene C10H16 - - 0.4 0.3 - - -
3 1026 1025 limonene C10H16 - - - - - - 0.2
4 1030 1029 eucalyptol C10H18O 1.1 4.5 0.1 - - - -
5 1101 1098 linalool C10H18O - 2.0 - - - - 0.3
6 1158 1156 citronellal C10H18O - - - - - - 1.5
7 1165 1165 Z-isocitral C10H16O 3.2 3.2 3.1 - - 1.8 -
8 1184 1179 E-isocitral C10H16O 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.9 4.7 - -
9 1227 1217 nerol C10H18O 1.2 - - - - 1.1 -
10 1245 1247 neral C10H16O 28.7 28.6 32.6 30.7 34.1 39.2 34.6
11 1254 1244 geraniol C10H18O 2.0 - - 1.5 2.6 1.9 1.3
12 1276 1277 geranial C10H16O 31.8 35.3 36.9 40.2 44.7 35.3 54.1
13 1355 1346 geranic acid C10H16O2 - - 0.1 0.1 - 2.6 2.0
14 1354 1353 β-Citronellyl acetate C12H22O2 0.3 - 0.6 0.4 - - -
15 1362 1361 neryl acetate C12H20O2 - - 0.3 - - - -
16 1371 1370 α-copaene C15H24 - - 0.2 - - - -
17 1388 1380 β-elemene C15H24 0.3 0.2 - - - - -
18 1384 1383 geranyl acetate C12H20O2 0.6 0.1 4.1 0.8 - - -
19 1410 1403 caryophyllene C15H24 1.9 1.6 2.2 1.0 2.4 - 0.6
20 1454 1454 humulene C15H24 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.0 - - -
21 1480 1477 germacrene D C15H24 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 - 0.3 -
22 1486 1484 β-selinene C15H24 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.6 - - -
23 1495 1491 bicyclogermacrene C15H24 2.2 2.8 0.8 2.1 2.6 0.7 -
24 1524 1518 delta-cadinene C15H24 - - 0.2 - - - -
25 1537 1540 elemol C15H26O 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 - -
26 1550 1548 (1E,5E)-germacrene B C15H24 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
27 1562 1557 (E)-nerolidol C15H26O 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 1.5 - -
28 1577 1571 10′-apocarotenal C15H24O 2.9 - 3.9 0.9 0.6 2.8 -
29 1576 1572 spathulenol C15H24O 0.4 3.2 0.5 0.3 - 0.3 -
30 1578 1574 caryophyllene oxide C15H24O 2.7 - 0.1 1.1 0.8 - -
31 1591 1587 guaiol C15H26O 0.3 0.2 - 0.3 0.4 - -
32 1593 1589 humulene oxide I C15H24O - - 0.3 - - - -
33 1606 1600 humulene epoxide II C15H24O 1.2 0.2 1.5 1.4 - 0.2 -
34 1631 1624 caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5.alpha.-ol C15H24O 0.1 - - - - - -
35 1635 1635 τ-cadinol C15H26O - - 0.2 - - - -
36 1643 1645 τ-muurolol C15H26O - 0.3 - - - - -
37 1651 1647 selin-11-en-4-α-ol C15H26O 0.5 - 0.7 - - 0.3 -
38 1705 1705 (Z,Z)-2,6-farnesol C15H26O 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 - - -
39 1709 1709 (Z)-epi-β-santalol C15H24O - - - - - 1.0 -
40 1720 1721 (E,Z)-2,6-farnesal C15H24O 0.1 - - - - - -
Amount of chemical compounds 27 21 28 22 11 13 8
Total identified constituents 88.0 93.0 94.9 89.2 94.9 87.5 94.6
Hydrocarbon monoterpenes (HM) 1,2,3. 0.0 6.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2
Oxygenated monoterpenes (OM) 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. 71.7 77.2 75.9 76.4 86.1 81.8 93.7
Hydrocarbon sesquiterpenes (HS) 16,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,26. 6.4 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.0 1.0 0.6
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (OS) 25,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40. 8.8 4.2 8.0 6.1 3.7 4.5 0.0
Non-terpenic compounds (NT) 14,15,18. 0.9 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: Table presents only the compounds for which the peak area exceeds 0.1% in chromatograms of the analyzed EOCC. a. RI (lit) refers to “Retention Index” found in the Wiley7n.l /NIST17.L library and the literature [29,30,31]; b. RI (exp) refers to “Retention Index” measured with respect to saturated alkanes standard; c. Compounds listed in the order of elution from a,—not detected.