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Table 2 Chemical composition of volatile oil (VO) from Nigella sativa seed oils

From: Elucidation of mechanisms of actions of thymoquinone-enriched methanolic and volatile oil extracts from Nigella sativa against cardiovascular risk parameters in experimental hyperlipidemia

Peak no.

Compounds

Retention time

Area%

1

p-Cymene

11.008

3.81

2

beta.-Terpineol

12.233

0.48

3

Dihydrocarveol

13.044

0.50

4

Isothujol

13.144

0.61

5

(+)-trans, trans-5-Caranol

13.744

7.83

6

1-Terpinenol

13.818

0.23

7

cis-beta-Terpineol

14.332

0.17

8

Thujol

15.029

0.14

9

4-Terpineol

15.507

10.55

10

p-Cymen-8-ol

15.639

1.62

11

Terpineol

15.830

0.38

12

Allethrolone

16.156

0.21

13

Methoxycitronellal

16.615

0.12

14

Carvone

17.344

0.26

15

Thymoquinone

17.535

13.53

16

trans-Carveol

17.646

0.53

17

Linalyl anthranilate

17.766

0.27

18

Carvenone

17.858

0.14

19

Pichtosin

18.476

0.79

20

Thymol

18.565

31.98

21

Isothymol

18.961

1.64

22

trans,trans-2,4-Decadienal

19.257

0.31

23

Copaene

20.445

1.03

24

Limonene oxide

20.892

0.34

25

(+)-Sativen

21.892

0.12

26

Longifolene-(V4)

22.027

7.23

27

Methyl 2,5-octadecadiynoate

23.602

0.14

28

2-Tridecanone

23.750

0.63

29

beta.-Farnesene

24.249

0.16

30

(-)-Isoledene

24.832

0.16

31

p-tert-Butylpyrocatechol

25.421

4.28

32

beta-Pinene oxide

26.564

0.21

33

1-Cyclododecyl-ethanone

28.064

0.32

34

11-Dodecen-2-one

28.486

0.33

35

Epiglobulol

28.602

0.72

36

5-Tetradecen-1-ol, acetate, (Z)-

29.969

0.14

37

2,4,5-Trimethoxy benzoic acid

30.390

0.96

38

Palmitic acid, methyl ester

33.191

0.40

39

9-Octadecyne

34.033

0.56

40

Rimuen

34.317

1.31

41

Cephrol

34.378

1.24

42

Preg-4-en-3-one, 12,17-dihydroxy-20-nitrilo-

35.197

0.47

43

Methyl linoleate

36.474

0.97

44

Methyl oleate

36.564

0.37

45

Citronellal

36.700

1.70

46

Vellerdiol

37.558

0.10

   

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