Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activities of Thymus fallax Essential Oil against Oral Pathogens
Table 1
The composition of T. fallax EO obtained by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Peak
Compound
RTa
b
KI (calculated)c
1
Pinene (a-)
6.446
0.440
930.4500978
2
Myrcene
7.699
0.440
979.4911937
3
Cymene (ρ-)
8.618
3.956
1011.880597
4
Cineole (1,8)
8.888
1.456
1019.940299
5
Terpinene (γ)
9.799
3.292
1047.134328
6
Terpinolene
10.971
0.582
1082.119403
7
Isoborneol
13.36
1.571
1146.651029
8
Terpineol (trans-β-)
13.846
0.806
1159.317175
9
Terpineol
14.306
0.474
1171.305708
10
Thymol, methyl ether
16.334
0.298
1223.076923
11
Thymol
18.336
67.755
1272.915111
12
Carvacrol
18.525
4.424
1277.620115
13
Guaiacol (ρ-vinyl-)
18.732
0.697
1282.773214
14
Eugenol
20.436
0.691
1325.336658
15
Caryophyllene (E-)
23.888
7.276
1411.843807
16
Bisabolene (β-)
27.17
1.104
1496.7158
17
Unknown
28.387
3.624
1529.299191
18
Atlantol (β-)
29.558
1.104
1570.862534
aRetention index. bThe amount of each compound was calculated based on the total essential oil chromatogram area peak. cKovacs index values present the retention indices calculated against C6-C24 n-alkanes on the mentioned column.
