Table 1 Phytochemical composition of the essential oil of L. alba leaves harvested in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).

From: Biological effects of Lippia alba essential oil against Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti

Compounds

Rt (min)

Retention Indices (FAME)

Area (%)

6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one

8.845917

982.8687

2.05

Limonene

10.3026

1027.432

0.74

Linalool

12.70438

1097.762

0.87

Carane

14.41685

1146.995

0.18

Citronellal

14.54258

1150.607

0.41

z-isocitral

14.94143

1162.064

0.47

2-Butyrylfuran

15.00647

1163.932

0.13

Trans-limonene-1,2-oxide

15.56572

1179.996

0.67

Citronellol

16.90968

1223.006

0.30

Neral

17.46895

1242.874

19.07

Geraniol

17.87213

1257.197

14.52

Geranial

18.30567

1272.598

26.79

Neryl acetate

20.47335

1364.547

0.26

Lavandulyl acetate

20.87655

1383.185

4.28

α-ylangene

21.15835

1396.212

1.72

6,9-guaiadiene

22.0731

1445.048

2.20

Cis-ethyl-linalyl acetate

22.38525

1461.933

2.62

Longifolene

22.87948

1488.667

1.32

Alpha-cedrene

23.29568

1512.689

0.91

α-bulnesene

23.30002

1512.955

0.90

Caryophyllene

23.8506

1546.758

0.37

Epoxyvulgarone A

24.61363

1593.605

3.64

Citronellyl butyrate

25.02115

1620.407

0.54

(Z)-9-Hexadecenal

30.96493

2046.739

0.37

  1. Rt, retention time.