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Table 1 Chemical composition of ROEO

From: Chemical composition, anti-biofilm activity and potential cytotoxic effect on cancer cells of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil from Tunisia

Peak number

Compounda

RTb

RIc

Area percentage (%)*

1

γ-Terpinene

6.74

1038

7.56

2

α-Terpinolene

7.07

1047

2.46

3

Camphene

7.28

1052

12.78

4

β-pinene

7.98

1070

12.30

5

1,8-cineole

10.13

1134

23.56

6

Sabinene

10.68

1153

0.49

7

Allyltoluene

11.15

1170

0.30

8

α-Pinene

11.41

1179

1.20

9

Linalool-L

12.02

1201

3.21

10

Camphor

12.83

1240

12.55

11

Pinocarvone

13.38

1267

0.84

12

Borneol

13.55

1275

2.53

13

Terpinene-4-ol

13.86

1290

1.23

14

Cryptone

14.05

1299

0.30

15

Myrtenol

14.43

1310

1.14

16

Verbenone

14.70

1317

0.81

17

Carveol

14.89

1323

0.19

18

Carvone

15.47

1339

0.48

19

Bornylacetate

16.63

1371

3.28

20

α-Cubebene

18.13

1415

0.22

21

α-Ylangene

18.70

1434

0.27

22

α-Copaene

18.85

1439

0.87

23

Sobrerol

19.23

1452

0.27

24

Eugenolmethylether

19.61

1464

016

25

Caryophyllene

20.05

1479

2.80

26

Germacrene-D

20.18

1483

0.19

27

Aromadendrene

20.43

1492

0.27

28

α-Caryophyllene

20.80

1505

0.67

29

α-Amorphene

21.35

1525

0.74

30

β-Selinene

21.57

1534

0.08

31

γ-Cadinene

21.76

1541

0.15

32

α-Muurolene

21.89

1546

0.17

33

β-Bisabolene

22.09

1553

0.14

34

γ-Cadinene

22.25

1559

0.34

35

Calamenene

22.44

1566

0.17

36

Caryophylleneoxide

24.12

1630

5.02

    

99.9

  1. aCompounds listed in order of their elution from a DB-5MS column
  2. bRetention Time (minutes)
  3. cRetention Index calculated against C8-C26 n-alkanes for DB-5MS column
  4. *only the two first decimal places are presented