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Table 3 Chemical composition, retention time and concentration (%) of essential oils by GC/MS analysis

From: Antimicrobial activity of the bioactive components of essential oils from Pakistani spices against Salmonella and other multi-drug resistant bacteria

Essential oils

Compounds

Retention time

Concentration (%)

C. cyminum

α-Pinene

2.38

0.5

β-Pinene

2.70

14.8

ρ-Cymene

3.06

7.6

1,8-Cineole

3.15

2.0

γ-Terpinene

3.38

23.2

Cuminaldehyde

5.78

17.2

Cuminyl alcohol

6.45

3.9

Safranal

6.52

10.8

C. verum

Eucalyptol

3.14

0.32

γ-Terpinene

3.37

Traces

Cuminaldehyde

5.77

Traces

t-Cinnamaldehyde

6.24

4.3

Unidentified

7.79

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A. subulatum

α-Pinene

2.38

Traces

β-Pinene

2.70

Traces

Linalool

3.10

Traces

Eucalyptol

3.15

5.2

γ-Terpinene

3.38

Traces

S. aromaticum

Eucalyptol

3.17

4.6

 

Eugenol

7.52

0.73