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Table 4 Chemical composition and oil yields of Cochlospermum species

From: Chemical composition and insecticidal activity of plant essential oils from Benin against Anopheles gambiae (Giles)

KIexpa

KIlitb

IDc

Compoundsd

C. planchonii

C. tinctorium

%

%

1025

1020

MS, RI

p-Cymene

0.3

 

1100

1099

MS, RI

Undecane

0.1

 

1154

1148

MS, RI

Citronellal

0.2

 

1183

1178

MS, RI

Naphthalene

0.1

 

1258

1249

MS, RI

Piperitone

0.1

 

1309

1305

MS, RI

Undecanal

0.2

 

1382

1389

MS, RI

β-Elemene

1.0

0.6

1388

1398

MS, RI

Cyperene

0.1

0.1

1400

1408

MS, RI

Dodecanal

0.1

0.1

1405

1411

MS, RI

Z-α-Bergamotene

 

0.1

1408

1417

MS, RI

E-Caryophyllene

 

0.1

1425

1432

MS, RI

E-α-Bergamotene

 

0.6

1437

1445

MS, RI

Epi-β-Santalene

 

0.1

1492

1469

MS, RI

1-Dodecanol

0.5

 

1493

1506

MS, RI

Z-α-Bisabolene

 

0.3

1499

1505

MS, RI

β-Bisabolene

 

2.2

1500

1499

MS, RI

2-Tridecanone

6.8

3.4

1505

1514

MS, RI

Z-γ-Bisabolene

 

0.1

1512

1509

MS, RI

Tridecanal

0.3

 

1513

1511

MS, RI

δ-Amorphene

 

0.1

1515

1524

MS, RI

Methyl dodecanoate

 

0.5

1522

1529

MS, RI

E-γ-Bisabolene

 

0.3

1578

1576

MS, RI

Dodecanoic acid

1.2

 

1576

1574

MS, RI

Cyclododecanone

 

7.8

1585

1582

MS, RI

Caryophyllene oxide

0.3

0.1

1598

 

MS

3-Tetradecanone

24.7

48.3

1599

1607

MS, RI

Dodecyl acetate

4.9

2.0

1602

1611

MS, RI

Tetradecanal

 

0.3

1663

1658

MS, RI

Neo-Intermedeol

0.1

 

1680

1685

MS, RI

α-Bisabolol

 

0.1

1695

1671

MS, RI

n-Tetradecanol

3.0

 

1702

1697

MS, RI

2-Pentadecanone

5.7

0.7

1717

1722

MS, RI

Methyl tetradecanoate

 

2.3

1775

1780

MS, RI

Tetradecanoic acid

0.5

 

1786

 

MS

3-Hexadecanone

2.0

7.4

1795

1795

MS, RI

Ethyl tetradecanoate

11.4

 

1798

 

MS

1-Tetradecanyl acetate

 

4.3

1818

1822

MS, RI

Hexadecanal

 

0.6

1846

1844

MS, RI

Isoamyl dodecanoate

14.1

 

1874

 

MS

Pentadecanol

2.0

 

2003

 

MS

4-Octadecanone

2.2

 
   

Yields

0.2

0.2

   

Total identified

81.9

82.5

  1. aKIexp = retention indices are determined using n-alkanes (C7-C17).
  2. bKIlit = retention indices of reference compounds from literature.
  3. cID = Identification methods; MS = comparison of the mass spectrum with those of the computer mass libraries, and Adams (2007); RI = comparison of calculated RI with those reported in the literature.
  4. dCompounds are listed in order of their retention time; the names and the percentages of main compounds are indicated in bold.