Effect of Adding Thymus leptobotrys on Extra Virgin Olive Oil’s Quality and Physicochemical Parameters

Table 1

Chemical composition of T. leptobotrys essential oil.

Compounds	KI	Relative abundance (%)
α-pinene	933	0.90
Camphene	952	—
Myrcene	991	0.62
α-phellandrene	1005	—
α-terpinene	1018	0.45
p-cymene	1026	5.33
γ-terpinene	1059	—
Linalool	1098	0.71
Borneol	1165	0.76
Terpinen-4-ol	1177	0.49
Carvacrol methyl ether	1244	1.64
Thymol	1290	0.19
Carvacrol	1298	74.63
(E)-caryophyllene	1428	5.05
Aromadendrene	1439	2.31
Alloaromoadendene	1461	0.66
Caryophyllene oxide	1573	1.18
Monoterpenes hydrocarbons		7.30
Oxygenated monoterpenes		78.42
Sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons		8.02
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes		1.18
Total identified (%)		94.92

Note: KI: Kováts retention index. —: trace.