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Table 1 Essential Oil Composition of Eremomastax speciosa stem

From: Eremomastax speciosa (Hochst.): GC/MS profiling, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of stem essential oil

S/N

Compound identified

Retention Index

% Composition

1

n-Decanea

166.22

2.3

2

Norbornanea

820

2.2

3

4-Ethyl-2-methylhexanea

833

0.25

4

3-Ethylheptaneg

870

0.89

5

3-Methyl-2-hexanolg

906

1.2

6

m-Ethylmethylbenzeneg

945

2

7

Octan-3-oneg

966

1

8

1-Ethylbutyl hydroperoxideg

968

0.5

9

1-Octen-3-olg

982

1.12

10

Isobutylcyclohexanea

983

0.7

11

β-Pinenea

985

0.25

12

1,2,4-trimethylbenzene pseudocumene g

1002.8

0.96

13

(−)-α-phellandreneb

1003

2.54

14

d-( +)-Limonenea

1018

0.78

15

β-trans-Ocimenea

1050

0.9

16

β-Linaloolb

1086

1.24

17

O-Hydroxybenzoic acidg

1169.35

1.3

18

Thymolb

1265.51

1.25

19

Azulenea

1326

0.57

20

Panaginsenea

1337.9

0.27

21

(−)-α-Copaenea

1376

1.5

22

α-Longipinenec

1385

1

23

β-Elemenec

1390

0.75

24

Caryophyllenec

1423

0.58

25

δ-Selinenec

1496

1.1

26

p-Cresold

1497

0.89

27

β-cis-Guaienec

1504

0.27

28

α-Selinenec

1505

0.12

29

γ-Cadinenec

1511

2

30

δ-Cadinenec

1518

0.9

31

10-epizonarenec

1537

1.5

32

Cetenec

1588

1.2

33

Longiborneolc

1593

0.17

34

Valerenad

1715.7

0.17

35

Phytanee

1814

0.8

36

Cyclohexadecaneg

1883

1.33

37

Methyl hexadecanoateg

1904.1

0.98

38

n-Hexadecoic acidg

1964

1.13

39

Docos-1-eneg

2190

2.4

40

(14β)-Pregnaneg

2521

17.58

41

Hexacos-1-eneg

2596

0.28

42

Squalanef

2665

3.32

43

1-Nonacosenef

2888

0.68

 

Total

 

62.87

  1. Monoterpene hydrocarbon = a, Oxygenated Monoterpenes = b, Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon = c, Oxygenated sesquiterpene = d, Diterpene hydrocarbon = e, Ttriterpene hydrocarbon = f, Non-terpene derivatives = g