Table 1 The chemical compounds found on pollen and ovulate (receptive and non-receptive) cones of Macrozamia miquelii (n is given for the total number of volatile samples and the number taken at midday as indicated). For each compound is given: its Kovat’ s retention index (RI), and its average % contribution to total emissions, the number of samples in which it was detected (N), and measurements of emission rate (ng min 1) within each cone type. In the average and minimum emission rate columns are the rates of all cone samples and, within parentheses, the rate for midday samples alone, if it changed. All maximum rates are from midday samples alone.
| Compound a | CAS # | RI, column | | Cone type, number of cones, n = total number of volatile samples (number of midday samples) b | | | | | |
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| | | | Pollen, 10 cones, n = 38 (18) | | | Receptive ovulate, 14 cones, n = 19 (15) | | Non-receptive ovulate, 9 cones, n = 11 (9) c |
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| | | | Avg. | N | ng min 1, all (midday only) | Avg. | N | ng min 1, all (midday only) | Avg. | N | ng min 1, all |
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| | Nonpolar | polar | % | | Avg. | min | max | % | | Avg. | min | max | % | | Avg. | min- |
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| Aliphatics |
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| 2-methylbut-3-en-2-ol (MBO)* | 115-18-4 | 592 | 1027 | 25.08 | 31 | 1165 | 13 (88) | 6382 | 15.07 | 8 | 317 (353) | 10.0 | 1125 | nd | 1 pre | tr | nd-tr |
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| | | | | | (1632) | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3-methybut-2-en-1-ol (prenyl | 556-82-1 | 799 | 1338 | 0.38 | 36 | 14 (18) | 0.45 | 66 | 0.47 | 9 | 8 | 0.18 | 21 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| alcohol)* |
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| octanal * | 124-13-0 | 1004 | 1306 | 0.12 | 6 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.24 | 7 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.46 | 5 pre | 1 | 0.5–1 |
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| nonanal * | 124-19-6 | 1108 | 1410 | 0.22 | 19 | 3 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.94 | 13 | 3 | 0.54 | 8 | 2.44 | 9 | 3 | 0.4–5.0 |
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| decanal | 112-31-2 | 1208 | 1515 | 0.42 | 6 | 2 | 0.90 | 3 | 0.95 | 5 | 2 (3) | 1.52 | 4 | 1.24 | 4 pre | 2 | 1.2–3 |
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| prenyl acetate * | 1191-16-8 | 925 | 1271 | 4.21 | 37 | 283 (436) | 5 (34) | 2275 | 5.19 | 13 | 84 (102) | 0.41 | 508 | 9.26 | 1 pre | 4 | 4 |
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| prenyl butyrate * | 71820-56-9 | 1103 | 1411 | 0.06 | 11 | 2 (3) | 1.20 | 6 | 0.24 | 4 | 3 (5) | 1.04 | 7 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| prenyl crotonate * | 211429-69- | 1161 | 1563 | 16.97 | 38 | 744 (1137) | 1.35 | 2683 | 29.44 | 19 | 232 (386) | 2(19) | 1121 | nd | 3 post | tr | nd-tr |
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| 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one* | 110-93-0 | 988 | 1355 | 0.12 | 6 | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 0.19 | 7 | 1 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.27 | 5 pre | 0.3 | 0.3–0.5 |
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| Benzenoids |
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| methyl benzoate * | 93-58-3 | 1103 | 1636 | 0.08 | 5 | 1 (2) | 1.00 | 3 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| methyl salicylate * | 119-36-8 | 1202 | 1796 | 0.13 | 23 | 9 (11) | 0.53 | 66 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 1 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| cumic alcohol isomer | 536-60-7 | 1259 | 2015 | 0.84 | 36 | 9 | 2.00 | 24 | 2.07 | 13 | 6 | 0.04 | 11 | 7.97 | 6 | 10 | 1.6–16 |
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| cumic alcohol isomer | 536-60-7 | 1271 | 2029 | 0.76 | 36 | 9 | 2 (2.6) | 27 | 1.81 | 14 | 5 | 0.13 | 10 | 7.51 | 6 | 10 | 1.6–14 |
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| 4-ethylbenzaldehyde * | 4748-78-1 | 1171 | 1725 | 0.81 | 25 | 15 (18) | 0.10 | 40 | 1.45 | 14 | 6 | 0.58 | 13 | 4.19 | 5 pre | 7 | 4.7–7 |
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| 3-ethylbenzaldehyde | 34246-54-3 | 1186 | 1756 | 0.26 | 10 | 2 | 1.10 | 4 | 0.54 | 11 | 1 | 0.19 | 3 | 1.56 | 5 pre | 2 | 1.7–3 |
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| cinnmaldehyde * | 104-55-2 | 1187 | NA | 0.14 | 6 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.26 | 6 | 1 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.50 | 5 pre | 1 | 0.7–1 |
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| 3-ethylacetophenone | 22699-70-3 | 1282 | 1842 | 1.38 | 38 | 14 (16) | 1.29 | 62 | 3.61 | 16 | 11 | 0.05 | 28 | 17.71 | 8 | 14 | 2.0–22 |
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| 4-ethylacetophenone | 937-30-4 | 1305 | 1852 | 1.00 | 38 | 12 (15) | 1.3 (2.3) | 77 | 3.20 | 14 | 10 | 0.03 | 19 | 11.78 | 8 | 11 | 1.6–19 |
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| Monoterpenes |
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| bornylene | 464-17-5 | 908 | NA | 0.25 | 26 | 71 | 13.61 | 165 | tr | 3 | tr | tr | tr | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| α- pinene * | 80-56-8 | 938 | 1011 | 23.32 | 34 | 5134 | 0.93 | 21,514 | 9.76 | 19 | 830 | 0.85 | 11,821 | 38.01 | 10 | 35 | 1.2–155 |
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| | | | | | (7313) | | | | | (1124) | | | | | | |
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| α- fenchene | 471-84-1 | 951 | 1047 | 0.31 | 15 | 73 (97) | 3 (10) | 214 | 0.33 | 2 | 78 | 5.71 | 150 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| camphene * | 79-92-5 | 951 | 1056 | 0.56 | 18 | 128 (147) | 17.91 | 346 | 0.25 | 2 | 63 | 0.51 | 126 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| sabinene * | 3387-41-5 | 977 | 1116 | 0.17 | 17 | 47 (64) | 2.20 | 256 | 0.12 | 5 | 20 | 0.02 | 90 | 1.75 | 1 pre | 3 | 3 |
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| β- pinene * | 127-91-3 | 982 | 1100 | 0.79 | 27 | 211 (270) | 0.14 | 1236 | 0.21 | 13 | 28 (40) | 0.15 | 323 | 0.27 | 6 | 3 | 0.3–8 |
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| β- myrcene * | 123-35-3 | 993 | 1174 | 6.63 | 38 | 624 (910) | 1.6 (35) | 4778 | 12.64 | 19 | 196 (247) | 2.18 | 1748 | 24.90 | 9 | 37 | 0.9–73 |
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| α- phellandrene | 99-83-2 | 1008 | 1170 | 0.35 | 25 | 37 (48) | 2.10 | 191 | 1.10 | 11 | 11 (15) | 1.06 | 53 | 2.63 | 5 pre | 4 | 3.5–5 |
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| Δ-3-carene * | 13466-78-9 | 1015 | 1148 | 0.17 | 19 | 50 (54) | 0.36 | 256 | 0.08 | 4 | 11 | 1.05 | 37 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| α- terpinene * | 99-86-5 | 1022 | 1190 | 19.63 | 30 | 4692 | 1.70 | 29,979 | 7.13 | 14 | 668 (849) | 0.57 | 7504 | 0.84 | 4 | 1 | 0.9–2 |
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| | | | | | (5588) | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| p-cymene * | 99-87-6 | 1031 | 1285 | 3.10 | 32 | 788 (907) | 0.82 | 5100 | 1.69 | 13 | 162 (232) | 2.26 | 1979 | 1.93 | 10 | 2 | 0.7–5 |
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| limonene * | 138-86-3 | 1035 | 1210 | 2.36 | 33 | 576 (731) | 0.87 | 3836 | 1.55 | 14 | 81 (125) | 0.95 | 912 | 2.24 | 8 | 3 | 0.4–13 |
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| β- phellandrene | 555-10-2 | 1035 | 1221 | 0.91 | 18 | 233 (256) | 0.32 | 1423 | 0.22 | 4 | 12 | 1.07 | 25 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| 1,8-cineole | 470-82-6 | 1035 | 1221 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0.84 | 1 | 0.31 | 1 | 12 | 11.69 | 12 | 4.02 | 2 pre | 5 | 3.3–7 |
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| (Z)-β- ocimene * | 3338-55-4 | 1041 | 1250 | 0.20 | 34 | 23 (29) | 0.4 (2.8) | 169 | 0.12 | 11 | 3 | 0.42 | 18 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| (E)-β- ocimene * | 3779-61-1 | 1052 | 1268 | 0.10 | 31 | 10 (14) | 0.36 | 105 | 0.24 | 12 | 8 (10) | 0.28 | 36 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| γ- terpinene * | 99-85-5 | 1065 | 1259 | 0.60 | 22 | 159 (195) | 1.75 | 784 | 0.40 | 12 | 24 (31) | 0.40 | 236 | 1.21 | 2 pre | 2 | 1.4–2 |
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| terpinolene * | 586-62-9 | 1096 | 1298 | 0.35 | 22 | 95 (116) | 0.89 | 413 | 0.18 | 6 | 33 (40) | 0.08 | 179 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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| allo ocimene * | 7216-56-0 | 1134 | 1390 | 0.06 | 11 | 7 (10) | 0.00 | 25 | 0.07 | 5 | 3 | 0.29 | 8 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
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