Research Article
Alginate Biocomposite Films Incorporated with Cinnamon Essential Oil Nanoemulsions: Physical, Mechanical, and Antibacterial Properties
Table 1
Composition of the cinnamon essential oil. Compounds were tentatively identified by their mass spectra.
| Peak no. | Compound | Retention time (min) | Peak area (%) |
| 1 | 3-Thujene | 6.6 | 0.14 | 2 | 2-Pinene | 6.8 | 0.63 | 3 | Camphene | 7.3 | 0.25 | 4 | Benzaldehyde | 7.6 | 0.36 | 5 | β-Pinene | 8.1 | 0.25 | 6 | α-Phellandrene | 8.9 | 1.28 | 7 | α-Terpinene | 9.2 | 0.46 | 8 | p-Cymene | 9.5 | 1.46 | 9 | D-Limonene | 9.6 | 0.45 | 10 | β-Phellandrene | 9.7 | 1.78 | 11 | Terpinolene | 11.4 | 0.13 | 12 | Linalool | 11.8 | 2.64 | 13 | Benzenepropanal | 14.0 | 0.23 | 14 | 3-Cyclohexen-1-ol | 14.6 | 0.18 | 15 | 3-Cyclohexen-1-methanol | 15.1 | 0.43 | 16 | (E)-Cinnamaldehyde | 18.1 | 60.99 | 17 | 3-Phenylacrylaldehyde | 18.3 | 0.36 | 18 | Eugenol | 20.3 | 5.36 | 19 | α-Copaene | 21.1 | 0.60 | 20 | Cinnamaldehyde dimethyl acetal | 21.8 | 10.48 | 21 | Caryophyllene | 22.6 | 4.26 | 22 | (E)-Cinnamyl acetate | 23.3 | 3.57 | 23 | α-Humulene | 23.6 | 0.87 | 24 | Phenol | 25.3 | 0.17 | 25 | 2-Methoxycinnamaldehyde | 25.7 | 0.18 | 26 | Caryophyllene oxide | 27.4 | 0.62 | 27 | (E)-2-Dodecen-1-ol | 28.2 | 0.47 | 28 | Benzoic acid | 32.4 | 1.12 |
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