Research Article

Effects of Ultrasound Technique on the Composition of Different Essential Oils

Table 9

Changes in chemical composition of standard solutions.

CompoundIRConcentration (mg/ml)
Alcohol solutionsHexane solutions
ABCDKABCDK

Limonene10301.46a1.45a1.51a1.48a1.49a1.48a1.47a1.50a1.51a1.46a
Cineole <1,8->10331.47a1.51a1.47a1.49a1.51a1.52a1.53a1.54a1.47a1.49a
Terpinene <gamma->10601.46a1.46a1.51a1.55a1.52a1.47a1.45a1.48a1.53a1.54a
Linalool10991.45a1.45a1.48a1.51a1.49a1.50a1.48a1.47a1.49a1.50a
Menthone11551.50a1.47a1.46a1.48a1.45a1.46a1.50a1.47a1.53a1.47a

Designation according to Table 1. Values designated with the same superscript letters for the dominant compound do not significantly differ at 5% error (Duncan’s test). IR: retention indices (from temperature programming, using the definition of Van den Dool and Kratz [17]).