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Table 4 Composition of Satureja thymbra 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

SampleC

Compound

ITSEXPa

ITS. LITb

g/100g

g/100g

g/100g

α-Thujene

929

930

1.1

1.1

0.9

α-Pinene

935

936

1.5

1.4

1.7

Camphene

950

954

0.7

0.6

0.7

Sabinene

974

975

0.2

0.2

0.1

β-Pinene

977

979

0.7

0.7

0.9

β-Myrcene

991

991

1.4

1.2

1.2

α-Phellandrene

1003

1003

0.2

0.2

0.2

α-Terpinene

1017

1017

2.4

2.0

1.6

p-Cymene

1025

1025

6.7

4.3

4.8

Limonene

1029

1029

0.8

0.6

0.7

Cis β-Ocimene

1040

1037

1.0

0.3

0.3

Trans β-Ocimene

1050

1050

1.2

0.4

0.4

γ -Terpinene

1061

1060

27.0

18.2

11.8

cis-Sabinene hydrate

1068

1070

0.1

0.1

0.2

α-Terpinolene

1088

1089

0.1

0.1

0.1

trans-Sabinene hydrate

1097

1098

0.1

0.1

0.1

Linalool

1099

1097

0.1

0.2

0.2

Borneol

1165

1169

1.0

1.0

1.6

Terpinen-4-ol

1177

1177

0.3

0.3

0.4

Thymol methyl ether

1244

1235

1.8

1.3

1.8

Thymol

1293

1290

36.0

52.6

57.1

Carvacrol

1300

1299

1.8

2.8

3.5

Thymol acetate

1354

1352

0.2

0.1

0.3

β-Caryophyillene

1417

1419

5.6

5.0

5.1

α-Humulene

1451

1455

0.2

0.2

0.2

Germacrene D

1479

1485

0.5

0.4

0.1

Caryophyllene oxide

1579

1583

0.9

0.3

0.6

TOTAL

  

93.6

95.7

96.5

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