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Table 2 HS-SPME-GC-TOF–MS analysis for VOCs profiling and dynamic changes of basil

From: Metabolic modulation of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): an insight into growth, metabolomics and antioxidant activity under varying temperature and light conditions

Compound name

T30

T35

T40

D11

D23

D11

D23

D11

D23

Phenylpropenes

 Benzaldehyde

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.1 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0c

0.1 ± 0.0ab

0.1 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0bc

 Estragole

ND

ND

0.1 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0b

 ρ-Chivacol

0.2 ± 0.1b

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.5 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.2 ± 0.1b

0.2 ± 0.0b

 Eugenol

115.6 ± 16.9b

112.4 ± 13.2b

144.9 ± 11.5a

132.3 ± 15.5ab

147.4 ± 15.4a

133.6 ± 10.0ab

 Methyl eugenol

0.5 ± 0.1d

1.5 ± 0.3bc

1.5 ± 0.5b

0.6 ± 0.1 cd

2.3 ± 0.9b

3.9 ± 0.3a

 Total

116.5 ± 17.0b

114.2 ± 13.2b

147.1 ± 11.6a

133.4 ± 15.6ab

150.0 ± 15.4a

137.7 ± 10.3ab

Monoterpenes

 ( +)-Camphene

ND

0.0 ± 0.0 a

0.0 ± 0.0 ab

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

 Thujene

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.1 ± 0.0ab

0.1 ± 0.0b

0.2 ± 0.0ab

0.2 ± 0.0a

 β-pinene

0.0 ± 0.0d

0.3 ± 0.0c

0.3 ± 0.0ab

0.3 ± 0.1bc

0.4 ± 0.0ab

0.4 ± 0.0a

 β-Myrcene

0.0 ± 0.0d

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.1 ± 0.0c

0.2 ± 0.0abc

0.2 ± 0.0ab

0.2 ± 0.0a

 Eucalyptol

5.7 ± 1.3d

15.7 ± 5.6c

21.1 ± 3.1abc

19.0 ± 1.8bc

25.6 ± 3.9a

24.2 ± 0.7ab

 β-(E)-Ocimene

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.2 ± 0.1b

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1a

 Thujanol

0.2 ± 0.0c

0.2 ± 0.0c

0.5 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.0b

0.6 ± 0.1a

0.5 ± 0.1a

 (E)-Linalool oxide

0.1 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0ab

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.0 ± 0.0d

0.1 ± 0.0c

 Linalool

39.4 ± 4.5c

91.1 ± 10.6b

122.5 ± 14.5a

96.2 ± 8.7b

46.6 ± 7.3c

51.6 ± 6.5c

 Camphor

0.3 ± 0.1 cd

0.2 ± 0.0d

1.5 ± 0.2a

0.4 ± 0.1c

1.4 ± 0.1ab

1.2 ± 0.1b

 δ-Terpineol

1.2 ± 0.3c

1.0 ± 0.1c

1.9 ± 0.1b

1.8 ± 0.2b

3.2 ± 0.2a

3.2 ± 0.3a

 endo-Borneol

2.0 ± 0.2a

1.3 ± 0.2b

0.3 ± 0.0 cd

1.9 ± 0.2a

0.2 ± 0.0d

0.5 ± 0.1c

 4-Terpineol

0.1 ± 0.0c

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0a

0.4 ± 0.0a

 α-Terpineol

4.3 ± 0.7c

4.3 ± 0.7c

7.6 ± 0.4b

7.5 ± 0.3b

13.2 ± 1.0a

14.5 ± 1.5a

 l-bornyl acetate

0.9 ± 0.1d

1.5 ± 0.4 cd

2.0 ± 0.6bc

3.8 ± 0.4a

3.8 ± 0.7a

2.5 ± 0.3b

 (E)-α-Bergamotene

3.6 ± 0.7d

5.8 ± 1.0d

23.7 ± 3.8a

11.9 ± 1.1c

17.4 ± 1.8b

15.2 ± 0.9bc

 Total

57.9 ± 5.1d

122.0 ± 10.7bc

182.2 ± 18.8a

144.0 ± 10.0b

113.4 ± 12.2c

115.1 ± 9.4c

Sesquiterpenes

 α-Cubebene

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0bc

0.1 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0ab

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

 Copaene

0.1 ± 0.0d

0.1 ± 0.0bc

0.2 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0b

0.1 ± 0.0 cd

0.1 ± 0.0 cd

 (−)-β-Elemene

0.3 ± 0.1e

0.5 ± 0.1de

1.4 ± 0.3a

1.2 ± 0.1ab

1.0 ± 0.2bc

0.8 ± 0.1 cd

 (E)-β-Famesene

0.3 ± 0.1b

0.4 ± 0.1b

1.0 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1b

0.9 ± 0.1a

1.0 ± 0.1a

 Cadina-3,5-diene

0.1 ± 0.0d

0.2 ± 0.0 cd

0.3 ± 0.1b

0.5 ± 0.1a

0.3 ± 0.1bc

0.2 ± 0.0d

 α-Humulene

0.7 ± 0.1d

1.4 ± 0.2d

3.7 ± 0.5bc

3.3 ± 0.2c

4.9 ± 0.4a

4.2 ± 0.6b

 Germacrene D

0.6 ± 0.1d

1.8 ± 0.3c

4.6 ± 1.0a

2.7 ± 0.6bc

3.0 ± 0.2b

2.9 ± 0.4b

 β-Cyclogermacrane

0.3 ± 0.1c

0.9 ± 0.0c

2.6 ± 0.3a

2.1 ± 0.8ab

2.1 ± 0.2ab

1.7 ± 0.1b

 δ-Guaiene

ND

0.3 ± 0.0 c

0.5 ± 0.1 b

0.9 ± 0.0 a

0.5 ± 0.1 b

0.2 ± 0.0 c

 γ-Cadinene

0.8 ± 0.1d

1.8 ± 0.3 cd

4.0 ± 1.2a

3.5 ± 0.4ab

2.7 ± 0.4bc

2.2 ± 0.2c

 cis-Calamenene

0.3 ± 0.1d

0.4 ± 0.1 cd

0.8 ± 0.1a

0.8 ± 0.1ab

0.6 ± 0.2bc

0.5 ± 0.1c

 Nerolidol

0.2 ± 0.0e

0.2 ± 0.0de

0.4 ± 0.1bc

0.3 ± 0.1 cd

0.8 ± 0.1a

0.5 ± 0.1b

 (−)-Spathulenol

0.8 ± 0.1c

0.7 ± 0.1c

1.6 ± 0.5a

1.1 ± 0.1bc

1.5 ± 0.1ab

1.4 ± 0.1ab

 epi-Cubenol

0.5 ± 0.1b

0.5 ± 0.1b

0.9 ± 0.2a

1.0 ± 0.2a

0.9 ± 0.2a

0.7 ± 0.0ab

 epi-α-Cadinol

4.6 ± 1.3c

5.7 ± 0.8bc

8.4 ± 1.9a

8.1 ± 1.0ab

8.8 ± 1.6a

6.6 ± 0.5abc

 Total

9.5 ± 1.8c

15.0 ± 1.8c

30.7 ± 5.9a

26.0 ± 2.4ab

28.1 ± 3.1ab

23.0 ± 1.7b

Aldehydes

 Hexanal

0.0 ± 0.0a

0.0 ± 0.0b

0.0 ± 0.0b

0.0 ± 0.0bc

0.0 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0c

 (E)-2-Hexenal

0.8 ± 0.1a

0.5 ± 0.1c

0.6 ± 0.1b

0.8 ± 0.1ab

0.4 ± 0.1c

0.3 ± 0.0c

 (E,E)-2,4-Hexadienal

0.0 ± 0.0d

0.3 ± 0.0a

0.1 ± 0.0c

0.0 ± 0.0d

0.1 ± 0.0b

0.0 ± 0.0d

 (E,E)-2,4-Heptadienal

0.3 ± 0.0 cd

0.3 ± 0.0d

0.6 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1bc

0.4 ± 0.1bcd

0.5 ± 0.1b

 Benzeneacetaldehyde

0.1 ± 0.0d

0.1 ± 0.0c

0.1 ± 0.0d

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0a

0.3 ± 0.0a

 Total

1.2 ± 0.1ab

1.1 ± 0.1b

1.4 ± 0.1a

1.4 ± 0.1a

1.1 ± 0.2b

1.2 ± 0.1b

 Etc

 (4Z)-4-Hexenyl acetate

ND

ND

ND

ND

0.1 ± 0.0 a

0.1 ± 0.0 b

 1-Octanol

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.5 ± 0.1a

0.5 ± 0.0a

0.5 ± 0.1a

 Phenylethyl Alcohol

ND

ND

ND

ND

0.1 ± 0.0 a

0.1 ± 0.0 b

 Total

0.2 ± 0.0c

0.2 ± 0.0c

0.4 ± 0.1b

0.5 ± 0.1b

0.7 ± 0.0a

0.7 ± 0.1a

Total VOCs

185.3 ± 21.2d

252.5 ± 23.0c

361.7 ± 33.7a

305.3 ± 25.7b

293.4 ± 27.9bc

277.8 ± 20.3bc

  1. Experiment was conducted five biological replications and data were expressed as µg/20 mg (means ± standard deviation). Same lower cases represent non-significant difference and different lower cases (a–d) in the same row represent statistically significant differences among the groups according to Tukey HSD Test (p < 0.05)