Table 7 Effect of salinity on the essential oil chemical compositions of M. longifolia L. plant exposed to salinity for 2 months.

From: Anticancer and antioxidant activities of Pelargonium graveolens L., Mentha longifolia L., and Chrysanthemum frutescens L. under salt stress

Peak no.

RT

Compounds

KI exp.

KI lit.

Rel. %

Salinity levels (mM)

0

50

75

100

1

8.04

α-Pinene

931

939

0.18

10.63

9.7

20.25

2

9.41

Sabinene

978

975

10.51

13.19

28.35

10.27

3

10.04

α-Myrcene

995

990

1.6

6.51

5.1

0.23

4

10.4

Δ-3-Carene

1005

1011

2.49

3

ND

8.09

5

11.18

1,8-Cineole

1024

1031

27.75

12.33

20.89

24.36

6

12.3

γ-Terpinene

1051

1059

ND

1.95

ND

ND

7

16.91

l-Menthone

1155

1152

14.68

3.35

11.75

2.23

8

17.81

Isopulegone

1176

1177

0.55

0.31

0.67

ND

9

18.42

Dihydrocarvone 1

1189

1192

ND

ND

ND

0.17

10

20.04

Pulegone

1224

1237

8.09

19.55

14.41

13.5

11

20.31

Carvone

1230

1243

2.82

1.54

ND

0.53

12

21.53

Linalyl acetate

1256

1259

0.11

0.11

ND

0.07

13

25.31

Piperitenone

1340

1343

4.46

5.9

0.61

2.9

14

26.06

Piperitenone oxide

1357

1368

7.39

2.15

0.59

1.79

15

28.61

trans-Caryophyllene

1415

1419

2.68

3.93

1.53

2.86

16

31.6

Germacrene D

1486

1481

0.63

0.98

0.35

0.64

17

33.04

γ-Cadinene

1522

1513

0.57

0.95

0.26

0.41

18

35.05

Caryophyllene oxide

1572

1583

0.4

0.5

0.08

0.16

19

38.13

Cubenol

1653

1646

0.25

0.31

0.08

0.19

20

38.41

α-Cadinol

1661

1654

11.26

9.5

5.03

8.38

21

47.03

Farnesyl acetone

1908

1913

0.56

0.55

0.13

0.28

  

Total %

  

96.98

97.24

99.53

97.31

  1. RT: retention time index, KI exp.: Kovats retention index reported in the investigation, KI lit.: Kovats retention index from literature, ND: not detected. Rel. %: relative percentage.