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Table 3A.7 (Continued)
Tepinolene (0.5%) Spathulenol (0.8%)
Linalool (0.2%) Caryophyllene oxide (0.4%)
-Fenehyl alcohol (0.5%) Globulol (0.4%)
Isoborneol (t) Humulene epoxide 1(0.5%)
Borneol (0.5%) Humulene epoxide 11 (0.6%)
Terpinen-4-ol (0.1%) 1-Epi-cubenol (0.1%)
-Terpineol (0.5%) T-cadinol (0.2%)
Nerol (t) Cubenol (0.9%)
Geraniol (t) -Muurolol (9.8%)
Isobornyl acetate (0.1%) Selin-11-en-4a-ol (0.1%)
(Z)-cinnamyl acetate (0.1%) -Cadinol (3.1%)
-Copaene (2.1%) 4-Hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocalacorene* (0.2%)
-Elemene (0.4%) 4-Hydroxy-3,4-dihydrocalacorene* (0.1%)
Source: Mallavarapu and Ramesh, 2000.
Notes
* correct isomer not identified; t trace (0.1%).
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