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

Table 6

Mean% concentration of most abundant compounds across different provenances in Kenya.

Provenances	Bergamotol	α-bisabolol	Lanceol cis	β-Bisabolene	β-santalol	α-santalol	cis-alpha-copaene-8-ol	Isopropyl myristate	Isopropyl palmitate
Baringo	3.73	0.4	4.57	0.37	0	4.85	0.03	0.57	1.18
Chyulu	0.33	0.13	8.12	0.13	0.14	0	0.63	0.24	0
Homabay	2.2	0.08	7.2	0.19	0	0	1.26	1.76	0.38
Kitui	0.12	0	2.64	0.09	0	0	0.1	0.23	4.42
Loita	1.89	0.87	4.9	0	0	0	2.44	0.37	0.48
Maralal	0.28	0	1.15	0	0	0	0.48	0.27	0.44
Marsabit	0.23	1.05	3.32	0.05	0	0	5.51	0.39	0
Mbooni	0.003	0.31	1.48	1.06	0	0.3	1.26	0.58	0.26
Murang’a	0.027	0.37	3.37	1.11	0	0	0	0.62	0.99
Namanga	0.027	0	1.49	0.04	0	0	0	0.53	0.16
Narosura	0.47	0.09	4.96	0.36	1.78	0	0.99	0.21	0
Ol Donyo sabuk	0	0	3.56	0.09	0	0.08	1.76	0.76	0

Source: GC-MS Analysis