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Table 1 Chemical profiles of frankincense essential oil fractions

From: Frankincense essential oil prepared from hydrodistillation of Boswellia sacra gum resins induces human pancreatic cancer cell death in cultures and in a xenograft murine model

 

Boswellia sacra

Fractions (%)

Ret. Index

Component

I

II

III

IV

755

toluene

0.18

0.16

0.10

0.06

922

unidentified*

1.13

1.05

1.03

0.80

929

alpha-thujene

0.87

1.02

0.98

0.93

940

alpha-pinene

78.45

76.29

65.49

59.40

953

camphene + verbenene

4.09

4.39

3.42

3.46

973

sabinene

1.41

1.11

2.12

3.63

979

beta-pinene

2.16

2.33

2.27

2.38

987

myrcene

2.56

2.82

7.46

5.36

994

ortho-methyl anisole

0.16

0.18

0.17

0.35

1004

alpha-phellandrene

0.54

0.69

1.20

1.30

1011

delta-3-carene

0.03

0.04

0.89

0.09

1018

para-cymene

0.65

0.87

1.24

1.23

1031

limonene

5.55

6.92

8.43

8.99

1039

cis-beta-ocimene

0.07

0.10

0.19

0.33

1055

gamma-terpinene

0.06

0.10

0.22

0.44

1079

para-cymenene

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.08

1085

alpha-terpinolene

0.04

0.06

0.17

0.29

1101

myrcenol

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.11

1112

alpha-campholene aldehyde

0.08

0.13

0.30

0.70

1134

trans-pinocarveol

0.07

0.10

0.27

0.77

1138

cis-verbenol

0.07

0.07

0.22

0.46

1146

unidentified**

0.03

0.05

0.12

0.41

1149

pinocamphone

0.02

0.02

0.04

0.11

1153

alpha-phellandren-8-ol

0.03

0.04

0.22

0.80

1160

borneol

  

0.01

0.06

1166

para-cymene-8-ol

0.03

0.04

0.07

0.13

1171

terpinene-4-ol

0.03

0.04

0.14

0.50

1180

alpha-terpineol + myrtenal

0.05

0.06

0.12

0.40

1187

myrtenol

0.02

0.02

0.05

0.13

1191

verbenone

 

0.07

0.15

0.42

1203

cis-carveol

0.01

0.01

0.04

0.10

1243

dimethyl ether orcinol

  

0.06

0.10

1278

bornyl acetate

0.04

0.05

0.19

0.47

1339

alpha-terpenyl acetate

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.15

1391

alpha-copaene

0.01

0.01

0.06

0.13

1400

beta-elemene

0.03

0.04

0.41

0.94

1437

trans-beta-caryophyllene

0.02

0.02

0.28

0.62

1470

alpha-humulene

0.03

0.01

0.11

0.17

1477

allo-aromadendrene

  

0.02

0.06

1485

gamma-muurolene

 

0.01

0.05

0.10

1494

germacrene D

  

0.02

0.09

1501

beta-selinene

0.01

0.02

0.21

0.45

1509

alpha-selinene

0.02

0.01

0.12

0.24

1523

gamma-cadinene

  

0.04

0.07

1527

delta-cadinene

 

0.01

0.05

0.14

1593

caryophyllene oxide

  

0.02

0.05

 

Total

99.30

99.42

99.31

98.78

  1. *unidentified m/z 93(100%), 41(54%), 67(39%), 69(36%), 91(33%), 77(29%), 79(26%), 39(25%), 108(15%), 53(14%), 55(12%), 121(9%).
  2. **unidentified m/z 59(100%), 79(85%), 94(85%), 91(66%), 77(37%), 43(37%), 93(36%), 92(20%), 39(17%), 119(11%), 51(10%), 78(10%).
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