Table 4.

GC-MS analysis of 2% carvacrol solution after thermal treatment for 15 min.

Peak #	Retention Time (Min)	%Composition by Area	Database\NIST11.L: Library/ID	Quality (%)
1	2.199	5.06	1-Propyne	25
2	2.312	4.24	Cyclopropane	49
3	2.475	0.35	Pentane	64
4	2.568	4.4	n-Hexane	43
5	2.625	10.25	Heptane	59
6	3.100	12.55	Cyclohexane	70
7	3.244	2.37	1-Heptene	53
8	3.325	1.02	Cyclopentane	87
9	3.494	2.14	Nonane	64
10	3.582	1.72	3-methyl-Heptane	72
11	3.682	4.19	Cyclohexane	91
12	3.801	2.08	Cyclopentane	94
13	3.901	1.08	Cyclohexane	87
14	3.982	1.52	Cyclohexane	95
15	4.307	0.32	Cyclohexane	87
16	10.425	0.17	2,4-Decadienal	72
17	10.644	0.22	2,4-Decadienal	81
18	10.888	37.32	Carvacrol	60
19	14.084	5.39	Oleic acid	84
20	14.579	2.85	13-octadecadienol	90
21	14.747	0.86	cis-9-Hexadecanoic acid	64

Quality: percentage match of the compounds with library information. GC-MS—gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.