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Table 1 Percentage composition of EOs by sHS-SPME-GC-MS analysis

From: Antibacterial activity evaluation of selected essential oils in liquid and vapor phase on respiratory tract pathogens

Component

RI

Percentage of compounds (%)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

α-Pinene

939

1.1

1.0

5.7

1.4

26.1

Camphene

951

2.2

7.9

β-Pinene

978

1.0

18.0

β-Myrcene

992

1.7

1.9

α-Phellandrene

1007

1.2

α-Terpinene

1017

1.9

p-Cymene

1026

27.9

6.1

3.2

δ-3-Carene

1031

14.4

Limonene

1044

12.8

8.2

17.0

1,8-Cineole

1046

17.4

3.7

11.1

91.0

γ-Terpinene

1060

6.5

4.4

3.2

Terpinolene

1093

      

3.3

Linalool

1104

1.0

3.5

6.7

Isopulegol

1150

1.1

1.0

Citronellal

1153

42.3

Menthone

1156

19.8

Isomenthone

1159

11.6

Anethole

1171

3.3

Menthol

1172

27.2

Isomenthol

1183

3.7

α-Terpineol

1190

   

2.2

1.3

Pulegone

1215

1.9

Citronellol

1226

8.9

Nerol

1230

12.9

trans-Cinnamaldehyde

1266

45.9

Bornyl acetate

1289

4.2

Thymol

1297

46.1

Isomenthyl acetate

1305

6.6

Citronellyl acetate

1353

4.6

Neryl acetate

1365

3.5

Eugenol

1373

66.9

1.4

β-Elemene

1394

3.0

β-Caryophyllene

1417

1.3

2.3

26.5

5.0

Cinnamyl acetate

1446

1.9

α-Humulene

1452

6.0

β-Cadinene

1473

2.6

β-Muurolene

1493

1.5

Total:

 

93.4

94.1

97.0

99.4

98.5

98.0

98.6

  1. Table 1 shows the average content of volatile compounds which occurred in the EOs in more than 1% from 3 parallel measurements. The standard deviations (SD) were below 4.5%. 1. peppermint, 2. citronella, 3. thyme, 4. clove, 5. cinnamon bark, 6. eucalyptus, 7. scots pine. RI: Retention Index based on a homologous series of normal alkanes.