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Table 1 Major constituents of essential oil from fruits of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi, determined by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and by comparison of their Artihtmetic and Kovats Retention Indices.

From: Insecticidal activity of the essential oil from fruits and seeds of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi against African malaria vectors

Arithmetic Index

Kovats Index

  

Calculated

Adams, 2009

Calculated

Adams, 2009

Substance

(%)

1010

1008

1011

1011

δ-3-carene

55.36

933

932

938

939

α-pinene

15.62

1027

1025

1031

1030

sylvestrene

10.69

1479

1480

1481

1481

germacrene D

2.48

1377

1379

1379

1381

β-patchoulene

1.99

988

988

990

990

myrcene

1.89

1355

1356

1357

1359

eugenol

1.71

1087

1086

1089

1088

terpinolene

1.52

1392

1390

1393

1391

sativene

0.93

1418

1419

1419

1420

β-cedrene

0.89

1675

1674

1676

1675

cis-α-santalol

0.77

1447

1448

1449

1450

cis-muurola-3,5-diene

0.76

1546

1546

1548

1548

hedycaryol

0.66

1336

1335

1339

1338

δ-elemene

0.44

1434

1434

1436

1436

γ-elemene

0.41

Total

96.11