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

Table 5 Chemical composition and oil yield of Securidaca longepedunculata

KI_exp^a	KI_lit^b	ID^c	Compounds^d	%
1194	1190	MS, RI	Methyl salicylate	99.4
1439		MS	Methyl 4-methoxysalicylate	0.5
			Yield	0.7
			Total identified	99.9

^aKI_exp = retention indices are determined using n-alkanes (C₇-C₁₇).
^bKI_lit = retention indices of reference compounds from literature.
^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.
^dCompounds are listed in order of their retention time: the names and the percentages of main compounds are indicated in bold.

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