Table 6 Compounds identified by GC–MS in the methanolic extract
RT (min) | Compound | Area (%) | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|
10.45 | (1R,2S)-2-Acetyl-1-methylcyclobutanacetic acid | 8.94 | Not reported |
10.74 | Propanoic acid,2-methyl-,decylester | 8.48 | Not reported |
12.11 | Pentadecanoid acid, 14-methylthyl ester | 12.32 | Antioxidant (Adeyemi et al., 2017) |
12.61 | n-Hexadecanoic acid | 21.36 | Anti-inflammatory (Aparna et al., 2012), antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic nematicide, pesticide, anti androgenic flavor, hemolytic, 5-alpha reductase Inhibitor (Kumar et al., 2010), potent mosquito larvicide (Rahuman et al., 2000) |
13.76 | 9-octadecenoic acid, methylester | 5.36 | Anti-mosquito (Hemalatha et al., 2015), Anti-inflammatory, antiandrogenic cancer preventive, dermatitigenic hypocholesterolemic, 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, anemiagenic, insectifuge (Jegadeeswari et al., 2012) |
14.27 | Cis-13-octadecenoic acid | 43.54 | Therapeutic uses in medicine and surgery (Krishnamoorthy & Subramaniam, 2014) |