| Component | Eugenol (1) |
Eugenyl acetate (2) |
β-Caryophyllene (3) |
α-Humulene (4) |
β-Caryophyllene oxide (5) |
Humulene epoxide I (6) | Humulene epoxide II (7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin | |||||||
| Ph. Eur. Limits [22] (%) |
75-88 | 4-15 | 5-14 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Madagascar [28] (%) | 73.5-79.7 | 4.5-10.7 | 7.3-12.4 | 1-1.4 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Madagascar [29] (%) | 82.6 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | tr. |
| India [29] | 70 | 2.1 | 19.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | n.d. | 0.1 |
| Cuba [30] | 69.8 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 0.6 | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Turkey [31] | 87.00 | 8.01 | 3.56 | 0.4 | 0.1 | n.d. | n.d. |
| Italy [32] (commercial oil) | 82.6 | 8.03 | 7.45 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Portugal [21] (commercial oil) |
85.3 | n.d | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | n.d. | n.d. |
| Unknown [33] (hydrodistilled) | 88.58 | 5.62 | 1.39 | 0.19 | tr. | tr. | n.d. |