Effects of Thymus hirtus sp. algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. (Lamiaceae) essential oil on healing gastric ulcers according to sex

Table 2 Chemical composition of essential oils extracted from Thymus algeriensis using analysis by GC-MS

NO.	RT^a	RI^b	Components^c	Peak area (%) EOTa^d	Identification methods^e
1	7.481	1017	α –terpinene	1.18	GC-MS-RI^f
2	7.705	1025	ρ-cymene	3.22	GC-MS
3	7.899	1031	1,8-cineole	3.45	GC-MS
4	8.683	1060	γ-terpinene	2.43	GC-MS-CAS^g#
5	9.576	1089	Terpinolene	1.35	GC-MS-CAS#
6	9.919	1098	Linalool	18.05	GC-MS
7	11.378	1146	Camphor	13.03	GC-MS
8	12.431	1176	4-carvomenthenol	11.2	GC-MS
9	15.956	1289	Bornyl acetate	5.41	GC-MS
10	23.142	1511	γ-cadinene	1.21	GC-MS
11	25.054	1578	Spathulenol	2.80	GC-MS
12	25.197	1582	Caryophyllene oxide	2.09	GC-MS
13	25.471	1590	Viridiflorol	11.71	GC-MS

^aRT (retention time), ^bRI (retention index) measured relative to n-alkanes (C₁₀ –C₁₅); ^cComponents listed in order of their retention index on HP-5 column, ^dPlant codes; ^eGC-MS: identification based on a high match of mass spectra retention; ^fRI Identified by retention index and compared with those reported in the literature [37]; ^gCAS # = Chemical Abstracts service reference number compared with those reported in the literature [38].

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