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Table 1. Chemical compositions in Croton thorelii Gagnep. essential oil.

No.	RT	Compound^a	RI_E	RI_L	Concentration (%)	Class.
1	7.15	α-Pinene	932	932	0.2	mh
2	7.65	Camphene	947	946	0.2	mh
3	8.49	Sabinene	971	969	0.3	mh
4	9.10	β-Pinene	989	988	0.1	mh
5	10.42	p-Cymene	1023	1020	0.5	mh
6	10.61	Limonene	1028	1024	0.6	mh
7	10.75	1,8-Cineole	1031	1026	20.7	om
8	10.94	(Z)-β-Ocimene	1036	1032	0.5	mh
9	11.37	(E)-β-Ocimene	1046	1044	0.7	mh
10	11.83	γ-Terpinene	1057	1054	0.2	mh
11	12.20	cis-Sabinene hydrate	1066	1065	0.2	om
12	12.72	cis-Linalool oxide (furanoid)	1079	1067	0.6	om
13	13.01	trans-Linalool oxide (furanoid)	1086	1084	0.3	om
14	13.09	Terpinolene	1088	1086	0.6	mh
15	13.66	Linalool	1101	1095	11.2	om
16	15.61	Camphor	1145	1141	0.3	om
17	16.55	Borneol	1166	1165	2.5	om
18	17.05	Terpinen-4-ol	1177	1174	1.2	om
19	17.40	p-Cymen-8-ol	1185	1179	0.2	om
20	17.69	α-Terpineol	1192	1186	3.8	om
21	18.43	Verbenone	1208	1205	0.1	om
22	24.16	Bicycloelemene	1338	1338	0.3	sh
23	24.69	α-Cubebene	1350	1348	0.7	sh
24	25.39	Cyclosativene	1367	1369	0.7	sh
25	25.85	α-Copaene	1377	1374	0.7	sh
26	26.24	β-Bourbonene	1386	1387	1.6	sh
27	26.45	β-Cubebene	1391	1387	0.3	sh
28	26.53	β-Elemene	1393	1389	0.3	sh
29	27.76	(E)-Caryophyllene	1423	1417	9.5	sh
30	28.10	β-Copaene	1431	1430	0.4	sh
31	28.73	Aromadendrene	1446	1439	0.2	sh
32	29.13	α-Humulene	1456	1454	2.7	sh
33	30.13	trans-Cadina-1(6),4-diene	1480	1475	0.2	sh
34	30.37	β-Selinene	1486	1489	22.0	sh
35	30.92	Bicyclogermacrene	1499	1500	3.0	sh
36	31.03	α-Muurolene	1502	1500	0.1	sh
37	31.64	γ-Cadinene	1518	1513	0.5	sh
38	31.96	δ-Cadinene	1526	1522	1.3	sh
39	32.97	Elemol	1551	1548	0.3	os
40	33.16	Elemicin	1556	1555	0.2	nt
41	34.12	Spathulenol	1581	1577	1.7	os
42	34.34	Caryophyllene oxide	1586	1582	2.3	os
43	34.73	Salvial-4(14)-en-1-one	1596	1594	0.1	os
44	34.88	Guaiol	1600	1600	0.5	os
45	35.15	Khusimone	1607	1604	0.1	os
46	35.34	Humulene epoxide II	1612	1608	0.5	os
47	35.41	cis-Isolongifolanone	1614	1612	0.3	os
48	36.04	γ-Eudesmol	1631	1630	0.2	os
49	36.35	Caryophylla-4(12),8(13)-dien-5α-ol	1640	1639	0.2	os
50	36.51	epi-α-Cadinol	1644	1638	0.4	os
51	36.72	Torreyol	1649	1644	0.5	os
52	36.86	α-Cadinol	1653	1652	0.1	os
53	37.03	Valerianol	1658	1656	0.9	os
54	37.20	Allohimachalol	1662	1661	0.1	os
55	37.43	Aromadendrene oxide	1669	1662	0.5	os
56	37.50	Bulnesol	1670	1670	0.2	os
57	37.64	Khusilol	1674	1675	0.1	os
58	38.20	epi-α-Bisabolol	1689	1683	0.4	os
59	52.28	cis-Phytol	2114	2112	0.4	od
Total					99.5
Monoterpene hydrocarbons (mh)					3.9
Oxygenated monoterpenes (om)					41.1
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (sh)					44.5
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (os)					9.4
Oxygenated diterpenes (od)					0.4
Non-terpenic compounds (nt)					0.2

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^a Elution order on the Equity-5 column. RT: retention time; RI_E: experimental retention index; RI_L: literature retention index; Class.: classification.

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