The In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Lavandula angustifolia Essential Oil in Combination with Other Aroma-Therapeutic Oils

Table 1

The chemical composition (major compounds only) of the essential oils under investigation.

Essential oil	Major constituent	% Abundance
Abies balsamea	β-pinene	31.0
	bornyl acetate	14.9
	δ-3-carene	14.2
Andropogon muricatus	β-vetirenene	7.2
	zizanol	12.6
	λ-vetivenene	4.5
	isoeremophilene	3.2
	β-vetispirene	3.2
	vetivenic acid	3.7
Angelica archangelica root	α-phellandrene	18.5
	α-pinene	13.7
	β-phellandrene	12.6
	δ-3-carene	12.1
Angelica archangelica seed	β-phellandrene	59.2
Anthemis nobilis	2-methylbutyl-2-methyl propanoic acid	31.5
	limonene	18.3
	3-methylpentyl-2-butenoic acid	16.7
	isobutyl isobutyrate	10.0
Artemisia dracunculus	estragole	82.6
Canarium luzonicum	limonene	41.9
	elemol	21.6
	α-phellandrene	11.4
Cananga odorata heads	benzyl acetate	31.9
	linalool	27.0
	methyl benzoate	10.4
Cananga odorata	bicyclosesquiphellandrene	19.5
	β-farnesene	13.9
Carum carvi	limonene	27.6
	carvone	67.5
Cinnamomum zeylanicum	eugenol	80.0
Citrus aurantium	linalyl acetate	54.9
	linalool	21.1
Citrus grandis	limonene	74.8
Citrus sinensis	limonene	93.2
Commiphora myrrha	furanoeusdema-1,3-diene	57.7
	lindestrene	16.3
Cupressus sempervirens	α-pinene	41.2
	δ-3-carene	23.7
Cymbopogon citratus	geranial	44.8
Cymbopogon nardus	citronellal	38.3
	geraniol	20.7
	citronellol	18.8
Daucus carota	carotol	44.4
	β-caryophyllene	5.7
	β-bisabolene	5.3
Eucalyptus globulus	1,8-cineole	58.0
	α-terpineol	13.2
Foeniculum dulce	E-anethole	79.1
Hyssopus officinalis	isopinocamphone	48.7
	pinocamphone	15.5
Juniperus virginiana	thujopsene	29.8
	cedrol	14.9
	α-cedrene	12.4
Juniperus virginiana berries	α-pinene	20.5
	myrcene	13.7
	bicyclosesquiphellandrene	10.7
Laurus nobilis	eugenol	57.2
	myrcene	14.3
	chavicol	12.7
Lavandula angustifolia	linalyl acetate	36.7
	linalool	31.4
	terpinen-4-ol	14.9
Litsea cubeba	geranial	45.6
	nerol	31.2
Matricaria chamomilla	bisabolene oxide A	46.9
	β-farnesene	19.2
Melaleuca alternifolia	terpinen-4-ol	49.3
	γ -terpinene	16.9
Melaleuca viridiflora	1,8-cineole	45.9
	α-terpinene	21.0
Mentha piperita	menthol	47.5
	menthone	18.6
Myrtus communis	myrtenyl acetate	28.2
	1,8-cineole	25.6
	α-pinene	12.5
Ocimum basilicum	linalool	54.1
Origanum majorana	1,8-cineole	46.0
	linalool	26.1
Pelargonium odoratissimum	citronellol	34.2
	geraniol	15.7
Pinus sylvestris	bornyl acetate	42.3
	camphene	11.8
	α-pinene	11.0
Piper nigrum	β-caryophyllene	33.8
	limonene	16.4
Pogostemon patchouli	patchouli alcohol	37.3
	α-bulnesene	14.6
	α-guaiene	12.5
Rosmarinus officinalis	1,8-cineole	48.0
Salvia sclarea	linalyl acetate	72.9
	linalool	11.9
Santalum album	α-santalol	32.1
Styrax benzoin	cinnamyl alcohol	44.8
	benzene propanol	21.7
Syzygium aromaticum	eugenol	82.2
	eugenol acetate	13.2
Tagetes patula	(E)-β-ocimene	41.3
	E-tagetone	11.2
	verbenone	10.9
Thymus vulgaris	p-cymene	39.9
	thymol	20.7
	γ -terpinene	8.3