Chemical composition and the insecticidal activity of Aeollanthus pubescens leaf essential oil against Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto

Table 1 Chemical composition of the Aeollanthus pubescens essential oil

Peak no	RI^a	Components	Peak area (%)
1	940	α-Pinene	0.6
2	986	Myrcene	2.0
3	1005	Lumicolchicine	0.2
4	1020	O-Cymene	8.4
5	1031	1,8-cineole	0.6
6	1057	γ-Terpinene	10.6
7	1088	Linalool	0.9
8	1162	Borneol	1.4
9	1173	Terpin-4-ol	1.6
10	1273	Thymol	5.5
11	1284	Carvacrol	51.1
12	1359	Thymol acetate	14.0
13	1488	β-Cubebene	0.2
14	1503	Acid [(2,4,6-triethylbenzoyl) thio] acetic	1.3
		Total identified (%)	98.3
		Sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons	15.5
		Monoterpenes hydrocarbons	22.4
		Oxygenated monoterpenes	60.4

^aRI refers to the relative retention index, as determined on an HP-1 column using the homologous series of n-alkanes

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