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Table 3 Chemical composition of cinnamon Eo

From: Impact of essential oils on seed quality and seed-borne pathogens of Althea officinalis seeds of different ages

RT (min)

Compound

Molecular formula

RIexp

RIlit

%

20.63

(E)‒Cinnamaldehyde

C9H8O

1263

1267

87.3

31.01

(E)‒o‒Methoxycinnamaldehyde

C10H10O2

1535

1527

8.6

27.40

(E)‒Cinnamyl acetate

C11H12O2

1445

1443

1.9

7.79

Benzaldehyde

C7H6O

952

952

0.7

13.72

Phenyl ethyl alcohol

C8H10O

1108

1106

0.5

18.94

o‒Anisaldehyde

C8H8O2

1244

1239

0.5

15.48

pentyl‒Benzene

C11H16

1154

1152

0.4

24.27

α‒Cubebene

C15H24

1349

1345

0.1

6.79

α‒Pinene

C10H16

931

932

tr

7.26

Camphene

C10H16

945

946

tr

9.81

p‒Cymene

C10H14

1024

1020

tr

9.92

Limonene

C10H16

1027

1024

tr

10.70

Salicylaldehyde

C7H6O2

1032

1039

tr

15.75

BornEol

C10H18O

1169

1165

tr

17.94

(Z)‒Cinnamaldehyde

C9H8O

1220

1217

tr

19.40

2‒Phenyl ethyl acetate

C10H12O2

1254

1254

tr

24.36

Benzyl butanoate

C11H14O2

1351

1343

tr

27.27

Coumarin

C9H6O2

1442

1432

tr

30.27

δ‒Cadinene

C15H24

1516

1522

tr

Total identified

99.9

  1. RT Retention time, RIlit Retention indices according to the literature, RIexp Experimentally determined retention indices using a homologous series of n-alkanes (C8‒C20) on the HP‒5MS column, tr—traces