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Table 3 Chemical composition of enriched fractions isolated from Citral and Carvone chemotypes of L. alba

From: Immunomodulatory, trypanocide, and antioxidant properties of essential oil fractions of Lippia alba (Verbenaceae)

Compound

LRI

Relative GC peak area, % (mean, n = 3)

Carvone-chemotype

Citral-chemotype

DB-5MSa

Litb

EO

ACT1 [67 °C]

EO

ACT2 [115 °C]

6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-one

986

985

0.1

3.3

p-Cymene

1024

1024

0.1

1.1

Limonene

1030

1029

30.6

96

1.1

Terpinolene

1086

1087

0.3

0.5

Linalool

1098

1099

0.5

0.2

trans-Dihydrocarvone

1202

1201

0.1

Nerol

1228

1228

1.1

Neral

1240

1242

22.1

7.5

Carvone

1242

1242

51.2

1.4

Geraniol

1256

1254

5.6

6.9

Geranial

1270

1270

0.1

28.7

25.3

Piperitone

1342

1340

1.5

α-Copaene

1376

1376

0.4

0.5

β-Elemene

1390

1391

0.5

trans-β-Caryophyllene

1420

1420

0.3

12.2

18.3

α-Guaiene

1440

1439

1.9

2.9

β-Humulene

1454

1453

0.4

2.7

5.6

Germacrene D

1482

1480

0.3

2.6

4.9

β-Bisabolene

1508

1508

0.4

1.4

3.6

Caryophyllene oxide

1582

1580

0.2

2.3

7.6

Bicyclogermacrene

1496

1494

7.5

  1. EO Essential oil, ACT1 limonene-enriched fraction of Carvone-chemotype Lippia alba EO, ACT2 citral/caryophyllene oxide-enriched fraction of Citral-chemotype Lippia alba EO, aLinear retention index experimentally obtained on DB-5MS non-polar column; bLinear retention indices from V.I. Babushok, et al. J. Phys.Chem. Ref.Data, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2011