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Table 1 Volatile components identified from Citrus aurantium leaves essential oil

From: Variation of the essential oil components of Citrus aurantium leaves upon using different distillation techniques and evaluation of their antioxidant, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective effect against Alzheimer’s disease

No.

Rt

(min.)

Component

KI

Molecular formula

% Composition

Calculated

Reported

Steam distilled

(SD)

Hydrodistilled

(HD)

Microwave-assisted

(MV)

1.

6.904

β-Thujene

922

920

C10H16

0.21

0

0

2.

7.088

α-Pinene

929

931

C10H16

2.70

0

0

3.

7.505

Camphene

943

945

C10H16

0.11

1.32

0

4.

8.269

4(10)-Thujene

969

971

C10H16

4.02

0

0

5.

8.346

β-Pinene

971

977

C10H16

2.29

1.37

1.36

6.

8.766

2,3-Dehydro-1,8-cineole

986

986

C10H16O

0.24

0

0

7.

9.835

β-Myrcene

987

987

C10H16

0.15

1.33

1.29

8.

9.571

α-Terpinene

1012

1017

C10H16

0.14

0

0

9.

9.835

p-Cymene

1021

1025

C10H14

0.57

0

0

10.

10.063

Eucalyptol

1028

1031

C10H18O

69.92

0

0

11.

10.563

β-Ocimene

1044

1046

C10H16

0

0

1.38

12.

10.881

γ-Terpinene

1055

1056

C10H16

0.29

0

0

13.

11.123

trans-4-Thujanol

1062

1064

C10H18O

0.73

0

0

14.

12.155

Linalool

1096

1098

C10H18O

0.85

24.04

23.69

15.

13.345

cis-Pinocarveol

1135

1139

C10H16O

0.15

0

0

16.

14.076

cis-Dihydro-β-Terpineol

1159

1160

C10H18O

0.14

0

0

17.

14.221

6-Terpineol

1163

1166

C10H18O

0.29

0

0

18.

14.536

Terpinen-4-ol

1174

1177

C10H18O

1.52

0

0

19.

14.951

α-Terpineol

1187

1189

C10H18O

1.63

5.14

7.82

20.

15.123

(1R)-(-)-Myrtenal

1193

1192

C10H14O

0.25

0

0

21.

16.880

Linalool acetate

1253

1257

C12H20O

0

64.08

57.13

22.

17.753

Isobornyl acetate

1282

1288

C12H20O

0.18

0

0

23.

18.638

δ-Terpineol, acetate

1314

1316

C12H20O

0.43

0

0

24.

19.339

cis-2-acetoxy-1,8-cineole

1339

1341

C12H20O

0.22

0

0

25.

19.570

α-Terpinyl acetate

1347

1349

C12H20O

9.86

0

0

26.

19.819

3-Allylguaiacol; 3-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol

1356

1362

C12H20O

0.59

0

0

27.

19.925

Geranyl acetate

1360

1366

C12H20O2

0

2.70

7.31

28.

20.738

β-Elemene

1389

1389

C15H24

0.28

0

0

29.

21.079

Methyl eugenol

1402

1403

C11H14O

0.75

0

0

30.

21.503

Caryophyllene

1418

1420

C15H24

0.18

0

0

31.

23.279

α-Selinene

1486

1488

C15H24

0.11

0

0

32.

25.594

Spatulenol

1578

1578

C15H24O

0.20

0

0

33.

25.735

Caryophyllene oxide

1584

1583

C15H24O

0.46

0

0

34.

27.355

Eudesm-4(14)-en-11-ol

1652

1651

C15H26O

0.36

0

0

35.

34.860

Dehydrocostuslactone

2000

2006

C15H20O

0.15

0

0

  

% Composition

   

99.97%

(32 cpd)

99.98%

(7 cpd)

99.98%

(7 cpd)

  

Monoterpene HCS

   

9

3

3

  

Oxygenated monoterpene HCS

   

16

4

4

  

Sesquiterpene HCs

   

3

0

0

  

Oxygenated sesquiterpene HCs

   

4

0

0

  1. *Rt: retention time, HCs: hydrocarbons, KI: kovats index, cpd: compound