| mentha citrata herb oil | |||
| Lawrence (1978) used a combination of column chromatography, preparative and analytical GC and infrared spectroscopy to analyze the oils from three different strains of Menta citrata. The compounds identified in the oils were: | |||
| # | % | Leftshift | Components |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 0.1-0.3 | bicyclogermacrene + carvone | |
| 29 | <0.1-0.1 | delta- | cadinene |
| 22 | <0.1-2.1 | beta- | caryophyllene |
| 6 | 0.9-4.1 | 1,8- | cineole |
| 30 | <0.1-0.8 | citronellol | |
| 9 | 0.0-0.1 | para- | cymene |
| 20 | 0.0-0.3 | beta- | elemene |
| 32 | 0.0-1.3 | elemol | |
| 23 | 0.0-0.5 | (E)-beta- | farnesene |
| 31 | <0.1-1.0 | geraniol | |
| 28 | 0.2-0.5 | geranyl acetate | |
| 26 | 0.2-0.7 | germacrene D | |
| 19 | 0.0-<0.1 | alpha- | gurjunene |
| 21 | 0.0-1.4 | lavandulyl acetate | |
| 5 | <0.1-0.4 | limonene | |
| 17 | 10.3-38.1 | linalool | |
| 18 | 42.0-78.4 | linalyl acetate | |
| 14 | 0.0-<0.1 | menthofuran | |
| 13 | 0.0-0.4 | menthone | |
| 15 | 0.0-0.2 | iso | menthone |
| 4 | 0.5-1.3 | myrcene | |
| 25 | 0.7-1.1 | neryl acetate | |
| 7 | 0.2-0.5 | (Z)-beta- | ocimene |
| 8 | <0.1-0.6 | (E)-beta- | ocimene + gamma-terpinene |
| 12 | 0.2-1.5 | 3- | octanol |
| 11 | <0.1-1.8 | 3- | octyl acetate |
| 1 | 0.0-0.1 | alpha- | pinene |
| 2 | 0.0-0.3 | beta- | pinene |
| 16 | 0.0-0.2 | iso | pinocamphone |
| 3 | 0.0-0.2 | sabinene | |
| 24 | 0.6-7.3 | alpha- | terpineol |
| 10 | 0.0-0.1 | terpinolene | |
| 33 | <0.1-3.0 | viridiflorol | |
B. M. Lawrence, A study of the monoterpene interrelationships in the genus Mentha with special reference to the origin of pulegone and menthofuran. PhD thesis, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, Netherlands (1978). P&F 22, No. 6, 45, (1997) | |||