Table 1 Taxonomic classification of commercial essential oils of P. sylvestris by the developed PLS-DA model4 and the enantiomeric excess of (−)-α-pinene.

From: Authenticity control of pine sylvestris essential oil by chiral gas chromatographic analysis of α-pinene

Commercial EOs of P. sylvestris

Predicted class

Enantiomer

Enantiomeric excess (%)

1

P. nigra

(−)-α-pinene

3.1 ± 0.0

2

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

19.8 ± 0.0

3

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

78.4 ± 0.1

4

P. nigra

(−)-α-pinene

76.0 ± 0.0

5

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

74.3 ± 0.0

6

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

82.4 ± 0.0

7

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

69.1 ± 0.0

8

P. nigra

(−)-α-pinene

76.1 ± 0.1

9

P. nigra

(−)-α-pinene

66.7 ± 0.1

10

P. nigra

(−)-α-pinene

8.6 ± 0.1

11

Not classified

(−)-α-pinene

83.0 ± 0.0

  1. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).