Composition
The primary components of lavender oil are linalool (51%) and linalyl acetate (35%). Other components include α-pinene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, cis- and trans-ocimene, 3-octanone, camphor, caryophyllene, terpinen-4-ol and lavendulyl acetate. The composition of lavender essential oil as obtained by chromotography:
| Family | Composition | Lavande officinale Lavandula angustifolia |
Lavande aspic Lavandula latifolia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terpenes / Monoterpenols |
Linalool | 28.92 % | 49.47 % |
| -terpineol | 0.90% | 1.08% | |
| -terpineol | 0.09% | ||
| Borneol | 1.43% | ||
| Iso-borneol | 0.82% | ||
| Terpinen-4-ol | 4.32% | ||
| Nerol | 0.20% | ||
| Lavandulol | 0.78% | ||
| Terpenes / Terpene esters |
|
32.98 % | |
| Geranyl acetate | 0.60% | ||
| Neryl acetate | 0.32% | ||
| Octene-3-yl acetate | 0.65% | ||
| Lavandulyl acetate | 4.52% | ||
| Terpenes / Monoterpenes |
Myrcene | 0.46% | 0.41% |
| -pinene | 0.54% | ||
| -pinene | 0.33% | ||
| Camphene | 0.30% | ||
| E--ocimene | 3.09% | ||
| Z--ocimene | 4.44% | ||
| -phellandrene | 0.12% | ||
| Terpenes / Terpenoid oxides |
Eucalyptol (1,8-cineol) |
25.91 % | |
| Terpenes / Sesquiterpenes |
-caryophyllene | 4.62% | 2.10% |
| -farnesene | 2.73% | ||
| Germacrene | 0.27% | ||
| -humulene | 0.28% | ||
| Ketones | Camphor |
0.85% | 13.00 % |
| Octanone-3 | 0.72% | ||
| Cryptone | 0.35% |
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