Origanum majorana Essential Oil Lacks Mutagenic Activity in the Salmonella/Microsome and Micronucleus Assays

Table 1

Chemical composition of the Origanum majorana essential oil.

Compound		%
-Thujene	921	3.96
α-Pinene	927	1.24
Sabinene	966	10.80
Myrcene	986	2.08
α-Phellandrene	1000	1.70
α-Terpinene	1012	17.35
o-Cymene	1019	2.24
β-Phellandrene	1023	7.05
γ-Terpinene	1053	25.73
Terpinolene	1082	3.76
	1097	1.06
Terpinen-4-ol	1174	17.24
Trans-sabinene hydrate acetate	1248	0.13
Linalool acetate	1251	1.38
Terpinenen-4-ol acetate	1293	0.88
(Z)-caryophyllene	1404	2.72
	1480	0.67
Total identified		98.26

retention index experimentally determined against n-alkanes on Durabond-DB5 column. not identified.