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Table 2 Peak assignment for GC-MS profiles of essential oils extracted by microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (MWHD) from Lippia alba Carvone (A) and Citral (B) chemotypes plants growing in Bucaramanga (Colombia)

From: Induction of programmed cell death in Trypanosoma cruzi by Lippia alba essential oils and their major and synergistic terpenes (citral, limonene and caryophyllene oxide)

Peak

Compound

LRI

Relative Quantity, %

DB-5MSa

DB-WAXb

Carvone (A)

Citral (B)

1

6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one

986

1241

–

3.3

2

β-Myrcene

991

1064

0.8

–

3

Limonene

1034

1105

29.1

6.6

4

trans-β-Ocimene

1047

1153

0.7

0.2

5

Linalool

1100

1453

0.6

1.9

6

Citronellal

1154

1381

–

1.1

7

Borneol

1181

1613

0.8

–

8

cis-Dihydrocarvone

1203

1517

0.2

–

9

trans-Dihydrocarvone

1211

1537

0.2

–

10

Nerol

1231

1708

–

0.8

11

Neral

1248

1589

–

21.5

12

Geraniol

1252

1755

–

5.6

13

Carvone

1258

1653

35.0

–

14

Piperitone

1264

1641

2.4

–

15

Geranial

1275

1643

–

28.7

16

Piperitenone

1349

1842

4.0

–

17

Geranyl Acetate

1379

1662

–

1.5

18

β-Bourboneno

1396

1428

1.2

–

19

β-Elemene

1397

1496

1.0

3.0

20

trans-β-Caryophyllene

1436

1506

0.2

12.1

21

β-Gurjunene

1444

1447

0.2

–

22

α-Guaiene

1447

1498

–

1.8

23

trans-β-Farnesene

1456

1570

0.7

–

24

α-Humulene

1471

1580

0.1

2.7

25

γ-Gurjunene

1475

1587

0.4

–

26

Germacrene D

1486

1552

0.1

2.6

27

Bicyclosesquiphellandrene

1496

1624

8.2

–

28

Bicyclogermacrene

1509

1608

0.5

–

29

α-Bulnesene

1515

1627

–

1.4

30

Cubebol

1528

1855

0.5

–

31

Germacrene-4-ol

1591

1967

0.6

–

32

Caryophyllene Oxide

1600

1909

–

2.3

  1. LRI Linear retention index
  2. aLinear Retention Index experimentally determined in DB-5MS (60 m) column
  3. bLinear Retention Index experimentally determined in DB-WAX (60 m) column