The genus Cinnamomum

Table 3.3 Volatile constituents identified and their relative abundance in commercial C. camphora oil
analysed by GLC on SCOT column. (Values are means of three analyses)
Peak no. Retention time (min) Compound Relative %
1 8.6 -Pinene 3.76
2 9.4 Camphene 1.64
3 10.4 -Pinene 1.26
4 10.6 Unknown 1.53
5 11.3 Unknown tr*
6 11.7 Sabinene 1.47
7 12.0 -Phellandrene 0.17
8 12.4 -Terpinene 0.05
9 13.1 Limonene 2.71
10 13.5 1,8-Cineole 4.75
11 14.1 cis-Ocimene 0.04
12 14.7 -Terpinene 0.24
13 15.7 p-Cymene 0.14
14 16.3 Terpinolene 0.30
15 21.5 Fenchone tr
16 24.9 Furfural 0.16
17 26.5 -Ylanglene 0.02
18 27.2 Benzaldehyde tr
19 28.7 Camphor 51.5
20 29.4 Linalool 0.68
21 30.4 Linalylacetate tr
22 31.6 Bornyl acetate 0.02
23 32.5 Terpinen-4-o1 0.57
24 32.9 -Caryophyllene 1.49
25 33.4 Phenyl acetaldehyde 0.05
26 34.3 Unknown tr
27 35.1 Borneol 0.02
28 36.2 Methyl chavicol 0.05
29 36.8 -Humulene 2.19
30 37.6 -Terpineol 1.62
31 38.2 -Selanene tr
32 39.1 Piperitone 2.41
33 39.7 Geranyl acetate 0.22
34 40.2 Unknown 0.76
35 41.6 Cuminaldehyde 0.15
36 42.7 Unknown tr
37 43.3 Nerol tr
38 45.2 Geraniol 0.63
39 45.7 Unknown tr
40 47.4 Safrole 13.4
41 51.0 3-phenylpropylacetate tr
42 52.8 Phenol tr
43 53.6 Caryophyllene oxide tr
44 50.0 Cinnamic aldehyde 0.08
45 55.4 Methyl cinnamate 0.08
46 55.9 Unknown 0.07
47 57.2 Isoeugenol tr
51 59.4 Eugenol 0.12
59 64.4 Acetyl eugenol tr
60 65.3 Cinnamyl alcohol 0.18
65 70.2 Unknown tr
Note
* tr: 0.01%.