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Table 2 Composition of Myrtus communis essential oil before (A), during (B) and after (C) flowering

From: Anti-plasmodial and insecticidal activities of the essential oils of aromatic plants growing in the Mediterranean area

   

Sample A

Sample B

Sample C

Compound

ITS.EXPa

ITS. LITb

g/100g

g/100g

g/100g

α-Thujene

929

930

0.56

0.75

0.69

α-Pinene

938

936

78.00

56.6

54.77

Sabinene

975

975

n.r.

0.12

0.07

β-Pinene

977

979

0.45

0.60

0.58

β-Myrcene

992

991

0.12

0.31

0.20

α-Phellandrene

1003

1003

0.35

1.34

0.64

δ-2-Carene

1009

1002

0.84

0.98

0.94

α-Terpinene

1017

1017

0.07

0.35

0.19

p-Cimene

1025

1025

1.32

0.51

1.27

Limonene

1030

1029

5.54

5.68

6.53

E-β-Ocimene

1051

1050

0.37

1.06

0.78

γ-Terpinene

1060

1060

0.53

1.47

1.03

α-Terpinolene

1088

1089

0.50

1.86

1.20

Linalool

1099

1097

0.66

1.55

1.85

Terpinen-4-ol

1177

1177

0.07

0.27

0.34

α-Terpineol

1189

n.r.-

0.32

3.00

3.40

Geraniol

1257

1253

0.11

0.57

0.32

Terpinyl acetate

1350

1349

0.12

0.57

n.r.

Eugenol

1357

1359

n.r.

0.15

n.r.

Geranyl acetate

1385

1381

1.16

2.38

2.23

β-Elemene

1390

1391

0.12

0.08

0.41

Methyl eugenol

1404

1404

0.25

0.41

0.33

β-Caryophyllene

1416

1419

1.58

1.41

1.23

γ-Elemene

1432

1437

0.10

0.39

0.19

α-Humulene

1451

1455

0.54

0.47

0.44

β-Selinene

1483

1490

n.r.

n.r.

0.17

α-Selinene

1491

1498

n.r.

n.r.

0.21

δ-Cadinene

1521

1523

0.10

0.10

0.11

Germacrene B

1554

1561

0.28

0.97

0.40

Caryophyllene oxide

1579

1583

1.11

0.10

0.25

TOTAL

  

99.32

99.64

99.70

  1. GC-FID-MS analyses were carried out on a Mega5 column (5%phenyl methyl polysiloxane) 25 m, 0.25 mm i.d., 0.25 μm film thickness.
  2. aExperimental Linear Retention Index on Mega5 Column.
  3. b Linear Retention Index on Mega5 Column from Literature (Ref Adams 2007).
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