Influence of Soil Nutrients, Tree Age, and Sandalwood Provenances on Sandalwood Oil Yield and Quality

Table 5

The relative presence of common compounds in oil extracts from 12 Sandalwood provenances in Kenya.

Name of compounds

Baringo

Chyulu

Homabay

Kitui

Loita

Maralal

Marsabit

Mbooni

Muranga

Namanga

Narosura

Ol Donyo Sabuk

Z-alpha-trans-bergamotol

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

×

Alpha Bisabolol

√

√

√

×

√

×

√

√

√

×

√

×

Lanceol cis

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Beta Bisabolene

√

√

√

√

×

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Beta santalol

×

√

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

√

×

Alpha santalol

√

×

×

×

×

×

×

√

×

×

×

√

Cis-alpha-copaene-8-ol

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

×

×

√

√

Isopropyl myristate

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Isopropyl palmitate

√

×

√

√

√

√

×

√

√

√

×

×

Total no. of compounds

8

7

7

6

6

6

6

8

6

5

7

5

Source: GC- MS analysis. Compound presence (√) or absence (×) in oil extracts from sampled provenances in Kenya.