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Table 5 Phyto-constituents identified in three essential oils of Piper retrofractum Vahl., Alpinia galanga L., and Cyperus rotundus L

From: Antioxidant capacities and total phenolic contents of 20 polyherbal remedies used as tonics by folk healers in Phatthalung and Songkhla provinces, Thailand

Medicinal plants

Yield

RT

Compound names

Match Factor

Formula

MW

%Peak area

Alpinia galanga L.

0.43

20.72

β-Bisabolene

95.7

C15H24

204

14.0

18.91

cis-α-Bergamotene

96.6

C15H24

204

10.0

21.06

β-Sesquiphellandrene

94.0

C15H24

204

9.7

8.08

1,8-Cineole

97.3

C10H18O

154

6.0

16.55

Chavicol, acetate

98.8

C11H12O2

176

4.3

Cyperus rotundus L.

1.02

21.31

4-Isopropyl-1-methoxy-1,6-dimethyl-

−1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene

90.3

C15H22

202

11.7

17.52

Copaene

95.2

C15H24

204

5.0

16.81

α-Cubebene

94.5

C15H24

204

4.7

21.69

β-Calacorene

89.9

C15H20

200

4.5

21.61

11-hydroxy-2,3,4,11-tetrahydro-6H-pyrimido[2,1-b]quinazolin-6-one

71.5

C11H11N3O2

217

3.9

Piper retrofractum Vahl.

0.87

18.59

Caryophyllene

92.1

C15H24

204

9.4

20.52

Pentadecane

96.7

C15H32

212

7.4

19.42

1,4,7,-Cycloundecatriene, 1,5,9,9-tetramethyl-, Z,Z,Z-

95.0

C15H24

204

6.8

24.78

8-Heptadecene

96.0

C17H34

238

6.8

25.06

Heptadecane

96.6

C17H36

240

6.1