Research Article
Exposure to Volatile Essential Oils of Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Leaves for Improving the Postharvest Storability of Fresh Loquat Fruits
Table 2
Chemical compositions of the volatile essential oils (%) of myrtle leaves.
| RI | Compound name | Percentages (%) |
| 1035 | α-Pinene | 24.98 | 1135 | β-Pinene | 0.18 | 1163 | Isobutylisobutyrate | 0.28 | 1206 | Limonene | 6.16 | 1246 | Sabinene | Trace | 1255 | β-Pinene | Trace | 1281 | Eucalyptol (1.8-cineol) | 39.38 | 1303 | p-Cymene | 0.81 | 1535 | Linalool | 8.18 | 1605 | Linalylacetate | 1.96 | 1614 | Elemene | Trace | 1668 | Caryophyllene | 0.70 | 1673 | Terpinen-4-ol | 0.34 | 1688 | Caryophyllene | Trace | 1704 | Isopinocarveol | 0.14 | 1721 | Estragole | 0.40 | 1725 | Humulene | 0.29 | 1734 | α-Terpineol | 6.94 | 1738 | trans-Caryophyllene | 0.04 | 1743 | α-Terpinylacetate | 4.68 | 1745 | Myrtenylacetate | 0.99 | 1761 | Geranylacetate | 1.90 | 1768 | Nerol | Trace | 1778 | Myrtenol | 0.64 | 1796 | trans-Carveol | Trace | 1813 | trans-Caryophyllene | Trace | 1895 | D-verbenone | Trace | 2025 | Methyleugenol | 0.26 | 2085 | Caryophyllene oxide | 0.27 | 2090 | Junipene | 0.05 |
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Retention indices were calculated according to n-alkanes retention times and samples retention times. |