Alginate Nanoparticles Containing Cuminum cyminum and Zataria multiflora Essential Oils with Promising Anticancer and Antibacterial Effects

Table 1

Identified compounds in the EOs using GC-MS analysis.

Retention time (min)	Compounds	C. cyminum; %	Z. multiflora; %	Kovats index	Type
11.2	α-Thujene	—	0.2	930	MH
11.6	α-Pinene	0.8	3.2	939	MH
12.5	Camphene	—	0.1	954	MH
14.0	β-Pinene	10.8	0.3	979	MH
14.5	α-Myrcene	—	1.2	991	MH
16.0	α-Terpinene	—	0.8	1017	MH
16.5	Ortho-cymen	34.2	11.6	1029	MH
16.7	Limonene	0.4	0.6	1029	MH
16.8	Eucalyptol	—	2.5	1031	MO
18.2	γ-Terpinene	2.3	2.4	1060	MH
20.4	Linalool	0.9	—	1097	MO
24.3	Borneol	—	0.1	1169	MO
24.6	Terpinene-4-ol	—	0.8	1177	MO
25.4	α-Terpineol	—	0.7	1188	MO
26.9	Thymol methyl ether	—	0.5	1235	MO
27.3	Carvacrol methyl ether	—	1.0	1244	MO
27.9	Cumin aldehyde	42.2	—	1241	MO
28.1	Carvotanacetone	0.4	—	1247	MO
29.5	Bornyl acetate	—	0.2	1285	MO
30.0	2.Caren-10-ol	2.4	—	1309	MO
30.0	Thymol	—	26.5	1290	MO
30.4	Carvacrol	0.5	38.7	1299	MO
32.2	Thymol acetate	—	1.0	1352	MO
33.1	Carvacrol acetate	—	1.7	1372	MO
35.3	Caryophyllene	—	1.4	1419	SH
36.2	Aromadendrene	—	0.9	1441	SH
37.7	Farnesene	1.1	—	1505	SH
38.4	Viridiflorenne	—	0.5	1496	SH
42.0	Spathulenol	—	0.6	1578	SO
42.2	Caryophyllene oxide	—	1.2	1583	SO
	Total identified	95.8	98.5

MH: monoterpene hydrocarbons; MO: oxygenated monoterpenes; SH: sesquiterpene hydrocarbons; and SO: oxygenated sesquiterpenes SO.