Research Article

The Composition, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Cold-Pressed and Distilled Essential Oils of Citrus paradisi and Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck

Table 1

The composition of essential oils of C. paradisi and C. grandis by GC-MS.

Retention timeCompositionC. paradisiC. grandis
Cold-pressedDistilledCold-pressed Distilled

3.62α-Pinene0.850.520.332.31
4.07 Thujene0.80.39
4.09 Sabinene0.291.34
4.17 β-Myrcene3.062.06
4.19 β-Pinene2.3514.74
4.51 α-Phellandrene0.13
4.78 Limonene91.8396.0632.6355.74
4.90 β-Ocimene0.150.14
5.16 γ-Terpinene0.180.64
5.34 Linalool6.23
5.56 Dihydrocarveol0.57
6.43 Citronellal0.17
6.96 4-Terpinenol0.210.55
7.14 Isopulegol0.38
7.16 Decyl aldehyde0.39
7.17 α-Terpineol1.98
7.24Geraniol1.58
7.48 Carveol0.19
7.70 β-Citral4.13
7.79 Lemonol0.75
7.90 Carvone0.48
8.10 α-Citral (Neral)4.6
9.04 1-Pentadecyne0.2
9.47 Neryl acetate0.31
9.59 α-Copaene0.2
9.76 β-Elemene0.12
10.23 β-Caryophyllene0.43
10.38 β-Cubebene0.13
10.41 β-farnesene0.23
11.02 Germacrene D0.350.612.71
11.11 Farnesene0.12
11.24 γ-Elemene 0.37
11.41 β-Cadinene0.28
13.46 β-Sinensal0.34
13.67 Farnesol0.3
13.94 Myristic acid3.21
14.95 Nootkatone0.19
15.10 Pentadecanoic acid1.05
16.18 Palmitic acid13.67
17.37 Stearyl alcohol0.62
17.90Oleic acid6.57
18.10 Stearic acid4.28
18.37 Hexadecanamide2.14
18.45 Octadecyl acetate0.33
19.97Oleylamide20.38
22.45 Allyl stearate0.6
23.80 Erucamide 2.01
23.94 Spinacene3.04

Terpenes98.5299.2139.3978.35
Oxygenated compounds0.770.7930.4621.65
Others (nitrogenated or sulfated compounds)23.68