Malaria Journal

Table 3 Composition of Thymus herba-barona 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	I^T_S.EXP^a	I^T_S.LIT^b	g/100g	g/100g	g/100g
Heptanone	-	892	1.30	1.61	1.81
α-Thujene	929	930	0.17	0.18	0.16
α-Pinene	935	936	0.17	0.25	0.19
Camphene	950	954	0.25	0.43	0.33
Octanone	987	984	2.03	2.38	2.32
β-Myrcene	992	991	0.24	0.23	0.20
Octanol	996	995	0.20	0.98	1.07
α-Terpinene	1017	1017	0.20	0.19	0.19
p-Cymene	1025	1025	1.00	0.87	0.94
Limonene	1030	1029	0.11	0.10	0.11
γ-Terpinene	1060	1060	1.83	1.45	1.24
Z-Sabinene hydrate	1068	1070	0.23	0.25	0.09
Nonanone	1088	1090	0.41	0.46	0.59
Linalool	1104	1097	38.86	47.26	55.15
Borneol	1166	1169	2.89	3.63	3.05
Terpinen-4-ol	1177	1177	0.44	0.44	0.45
Carvacrol methyl ether	1245	1245	0.27	1.38	0.55
Thymol	1293	1290	0.81	0.70	0.22
Carvacrol	1307	1299	45.00	34.60	28.59
Carvacrol acetate	1374	1373	0.31	n.r.	n.r.
β-Caryophyllene	1417	1419	2.20	2.06	1.67
trans-α-Bergamotene	1435	1435	0.06	0.06	0.06
α-Humulene	1451	1455	0.08	0.08	0.06
Caryophyllene oxide	1579	1583	0.63	0.32	0.38
TOTAL			99.69	99.91	99.42

^a Experimental Linear Retention Index on Mega5 Column.
^b Linear Retention Index on Mega5 Column from Literature (Adams 2007).

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