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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Changes in amounts of major VOCs emitted from C. formosensis at ambient temperature over time (mg/m2)

From: Profiling of volatile compounds from five interior decoration timbers in Taiwan using TD/GC–MS/FID

No.

RT

Compound

Exposure time (weeks)

0

1

2

4

12

24

1

10.70

α-Pinene

6.40 ± 3.75

1.00 ± 0.03

0.54 ± 0.03

0.07 ± 0.05

  

3a

14.52

p-Cymene

0.46 ± 0.19

0.08 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.00

0.04 ± 0.00

0.04 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

4

14.72

Limonene

1.53 ± 0.46

0.22 ± 0.06

0.14 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

19

22.26

Myrtenal

74.21 ± 27.13

7.17 ± 2.64

5.27 ± 1.29

3.07 ± 0.63

0.08 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.01

22

22.84

Verbenone

1.13 ± 0.10

0.15 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.00

 

28

25.09

trans-Myrtanol

22.75 ± 5.00

2.99 ± 0.22

2.03 ± 0.15

1.78 ± 0.14

0.47 ± 0.05

0.20 ± 0.04

29

26.28

Isobornyl acetate

3.68 ± 1.53

0.41 ± 0.13

0.29 ± 0.07

0.19 ± 0.04

0.04 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

35

30.17

α-Copaene

6.58 ± 3.95

0.85 ± 0.32

0.60 ± 0.16

0.37 ± 0.10

0.01 ± 0.00

 

40

31.73

α-Cedrene

1.95 ± 0.18

0.54 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.02

0.19 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.01

43

32.47

Thujopsene

1.74 ± 0.92

0.30 ± 0.01

0.24 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.05

0.09 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

45

33.36

α-Humulene

2.17 ± 0.94

0.33 ± 0.09

0.23 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.03

  
  1. Top three major VOCs in bold