KEY WORDS: Salvia apiana; white sage; essential oil composition; 1,8-cineole
Gas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryThe dilutions used for GC-FID were also used for GC-MS. The GC-MS analysis was performed on an Agilent 6890/5973N instrument, using a DB-5MS column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d., 1 µm film thickness); carrier gas, helium at a constant flow of 1.2 ml/min; injection, 0.2 µl; sample split, 50:1; injector temperature, 280°C; GC oven temperature programme, 35°C for 2 min, rising at 5°C/min to 280°C, then held at 280°C for 2 min. The mass spectrometer conditions were: source temperature, 230°C, quadrupole, 150°C; solvent delay, 2.20 min; scan, 33-280 amu for the first 12.2 min, then 33-388 amu for the duration of the analysis. A preliminary analysis was performed using a Finnigan Mat SSQ710 instrument with an A200S autosampler, using a DB-5MS column (60 m × 0.25 mm i.d., 1 µm film thickness); carrier gas, helium at a constant pressure of 37 p.s.i.; injector temperature, 250°C; GC oven temperature programme, 50°C for 5 min, rising to 300°C at a rate of 25°C/ min, then held at 300°C for 10 min. The MS conditions were: source temperature, 150°C; manifold temperature, 70°C; mass range, 33-350; scan time, 0.5 s.