Research Article

Essential Oil Yield Pattern and Antibacterial and Insecticidal Activities of Trachyspermum ammi and Myristica fragrans

Table 2

Chemical constituent of the essential oils obtained from T. ammi and M. fragrans.

Compounds detected IUPAC name M. fragrans abundance (%)T. ammi abundance (%)

Alpha-thujen 4-Methyl-1-propan-2-ylbicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-ene 12.73
Alpha-pinene 4,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-ene 15.16 2.91
Camphene (1S,4R)-3,3-Dimethyl-2-methylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane 4.92
Beta-pinene 6,6-Dimethyl-4-methylidenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptane 20.69 8.95
Beta Myrcene 7-Methyl-3-methylideneocta-1,6-diene 4.11 1.11
Alpha-phellandrene 2-Methyl-5-propan-2-ylcyclohexa-1,3-diene 3.91
3-Carene 4,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-ene 2.84
Alpha-terpinene 1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexa-1,3-diene 4.32 2.62
p-Cymene 1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylbenzene 7.81 13.50
Limonene 1-Methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexene 8.06 0.57
Beta-ocimene (3E)-3,7-Dimethylocta-1,3,6-triene 4.04
Gamma-Terpinolene 1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylidenecyclohexan-1-ol 5.15 53.63
Alpha-Terpinolene 1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexa-1,3-diene 4.31
Linalool 3,7-Dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol 6.91
p-Menth-2-en-1-ol 1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohex-2-en-1-ol 3.30
p-Menth-1-en-1-ol (1R)-4-Methyl-1-propan-2-ylcyclohex-3-en-1-ol 11.03 0.39
Alpha-terpineol 2-(4-Methylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)propan-2-ol 6.72
Eugenol 4-Allylcatechol 2-methyl ether 7.12
Myristicin 4-Methoxy-6-prop-2-enyl-1,3-benzodioxole 6.44
Elemicin 1,2,3-Trimethoxy-5-prop-2-enylbenzene 8.81
Sabinene 4-Methylidene-1-propan-2-ylbicyclo[3.1.0]hexane 0.44
Beta-phellandrene 3-Methylidene-6-propan-2-ylcyclohexene 0.91
Cis-beta-terpineol cis-4-Isopropenyl-1-methylcyclohexanol 0.39
Thymol 5-Methyl-2-propan-2-ylphenol 16.77