Table 1 Ratios and quantities of individual compounds of the essential oils: citronella, cumin, thyme and cinnamon

Citronella

34.7 %

Citronellal

0.004

0.035

Cymbopogon winterianus

22.5 %

Geraniol

0.002

0.023

12.0 %

Citronellol

0.001

0.012

3.5 %

Geranyl-acetate

0.0003

0.003

3.3 %

Limonene

0.0003

0.003

76.0 %

Sub-total (blend)

0.010

0.100

4.2 %

Elemol

NT

NT

2.9 %

Citronellyl acetate

NT

NT

2.5 %

β-elemene

NT

NT

2.2 %

δ-cadinene

NT

NT

0.9 %

Linalool

NT

NT

0.8 %

Eugenol

NT

NT

89.5 %

Total

NT

NT

Cumin

30.1 %

Cuminaldehyde

0.003

0.030

Cuminum cyminum

12.2 %

β-pinene

0.001

0.012

11.6 %

γ-terpinene

0.001

0.012

9.7 %

p-cymene

0.001

0.097

63.6 %

Sub-total (blend)

0.010

0.100

16.6 %

p-mentha-1,3-dien-7-al

NT

NT

8.8 %

p-mentha-1,4-dien-7-al

NT

NT

0.6 %

α-pinene

NT

NT

0.4 %

Myrcene

NT

NT

0.4 %

Limonene

NT

NT

90.4 %

Total

NT

NT

Thyme

30.5 %

Thymol

0.003

0.031

Thymus vulgaris

23.7 %

p-cymene

0.002

0.024

13.6 %

Carvacrol

0.001

0.014

8.4 %

α-terpinene

0.001

0.008

4.0 %

Linalool

0.0004

0.004

3.5 %

β-caryophyllene

0.0004

0.004

83.7 %

Sub-total (blend)

0.010

0.100

1.7 %

Myrcene

NT

NT

1.1 %

Borneol

NT

NT

1.1 %

α-pinene

NT

NT

1.4 %

γ-terpinene

NT

NT

1.2 %

Terpinen-4-ol

NT

NT

0.9 %

Limonene

NT

NT

0.8 %

α-thujene

NT

NT

91,9 %

Total

NT

NT

Cinnamon

78.5 %

(E)-cinnamaldehyde

0.008

0.079

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

9.6 %

2-methoxy-cinnamaldehyde

0.001

0.096

3.1 %

Cinnamyl-acetate

0.003

0.031

91.2 %

Sub-total (blend)

0.0100

0.1000

1.1 %

Benzaldehyde

NT

NT

0.9 %

Coumarine

NT

NT

0.7 %

Phenyl ethyl alcohol

NT

NT

0.4 %

(Z)-cinnamaldehyde

NT

NT

94,3 %

Total

NT

NT