Table 1 Main chemical compositions of OEO.

From: In-vitro evaluation of apoptotic effect of OEO and thymol in 2D and 3D cell cultures and the study of their interaction mode with DNA

Compounds

Retention index

Relative percent in OEO

Molecular weight

formula

Thymol

1289

25.54

150.217 g/mol

C10H14O

Carvacrol

1296

23.12

150.217 g/mol

C10H14O

p-Cymene

1026

22.07

134.21 g/mol

C10H14

γ-Terpinene

1059

17.80

136.24 g/mol

C10H16

  1. Retention indices were determined using retention times of n-alkanes as standard on fused silica capillary HP-5 column that were injected after essential oil under the same chromatographic conditions.
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