Table 3 The effect of four soil treatments and irrigation regime on oil composition of Foeniculum vulgare Miller var. Dulce fruits (in fruiting stage).

From: Influence of ethephon and soil treatments on the essential oil composition of sweet fennel and its biological activities

*Rt

**KI

Components

control

C1

C2

C3

C4

% component

5.178

806

2,3-Butanediol

0.5

–

–

–

–

8.027

923

α -Thujene

–

–

0.36

–

0.27

8.322

933

α-Pinene

--

14.74

12.37

2.08

12.14

8.67

952

Camphene

–

1.88

1.27

0.29

1.46

9.531

980

2- β -Pinene

–

1.14

1.14

–

0.74

10.054

991

β -Myrcene

–

6.09

4.98

1.86

4.61

10.417

1007

1-Phellandrene

–

1.98

1.5

–

1.14

10.797

1012

α -Terpinene

–

0.48

0.59

–

0.4

11.425

1031

Limonene

9.82

26.56

26.37

48.59

23.23

11.52

1031.8

Pantolactone

0.55

–

–

–

–

11.58

1040

Cis-Ocimene

–

4.34

3.25

2.34

2.66

11.989

1047

1 H-Pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde

1.06

–

–

–

–

12.151

1059

γ -Terpinene

–

1.28

2.65

0.29

1.14

13.138

1087

Fenchone

–

6.68

4.68

2.29

7.01

13.41

1094

iso amyl-2-methyl butyrate

–

–

0.13

–

–

13.568

1104

Isoamylisovalerate

–

0.05

0.08

–

–

13.845

1115

D-Fenchyl alcohol

–

–

–

–

0.12

14.258

1118

Maltol

0.58

–

----

–

–

14.266

1132

Neoalloocimene

–

0.3

0.21

–

0.25

14.780

1139

Camphor

–

0.12

0.09

–

0.13

15.786

1179

4-Terpinenol

–

–

0.14

–

0.23

16.474

1200

Estragole

53.27

3.09

3.65

4.43

16.22

17.049

1231

β -Fenchyl acetate

0.88

–

0.06

0.64

0.25

17.45

1236

α -Fenchyl acetate

0.49

0.09

0.09

0.84

0.1

17.99

1250

Trimethyl-tetrahydronaphthalene

–

0.21

–

–

0.24

19.333

1283

trans-anethole

31.49

29.59

34.91

30.83

26.9

21.3

1384

p-Acetonylanisole

0.42

–

–

–

–

21.452

1391

α -Copaene

–

0.14

0.17

–

–

24.2

1480

Germacrene-D

–

0.25

–

–

–

28.968

1685

Apiol

–

–

–

–

–

34.535

1874

Ethanone, 2,2-dimethoxy-1,2-diphenyl

0.55

–

–

–

–

  

Essential oil %v/w

1.7

2.2

2.16

3.31

3.25

  

Total identified cpds

11

19

21

11

20

  

% identification

99.61

99.01

98.69

94.48

99.24

  

Hydrocarbons%

9.82

59.39

54.86

55.45

48.28

  

Monoterpene%

9.82

58.79

54.69

55.45

48.04

  

Sesquiterpene %

–

0.39

0.17

–

–

  

Trimethyl-tetrahydronaphthalene

–

0.21

–

–

0.24

  

Oxygenated cpds%

89.79

39.62

43.83

39.03

50.96

  

alcohol

1.08

-----

0.14

-----

0.35

  

Ether

85.18

32.68

38.56

35.26

43.12

  

Esters

1.37

0.14

0.36

1.48

0.35

  

Ketones

0.55

6.8

4.77

2.29

7.14

  

Aldehyde

1.06

------

------

-------

------

  

Lactones

0.55

---

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  1. *Rt = retention time, **KI = Kovats index, C1-4 = Conditions 1–4.
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