Table 2 Chemical compounds identified by GC-MS in methanolic peel’s extracts of different varieties of pomegranate .

From: Phytochemical profiling, biological potential and In Silico identification of anticancerous compound from Pakistani pomegranate Peel

Compounds names

Pomegranate peels extracts (%)

PPE-1

PPE-2

PPE-3

3,5-Dihydroxy-6-methyl-2,3-dihydro-4 H-pyran-4-one

17.36

8.95

6.75

5-(Hydroxymethyl) furan-2-carbaldehyde

81.64

82.95

68.92

3-Phenylprop-2-enoic acid

N.A.

N.A.

10.747

14-Methyl-pentadecanoic acid

1.01

N.A.

1.66

Estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17. beta. -ol

N.A.

N.A.

3.5

11-Octadecenoic acid

0.92

N.A.

1.52

Oleic acid

0.98

2.93

3.74

Spirost-8-en-11-one, 3-hydroxy-,

N.A.

N.A.

0.82

Vitamin E

1.17

0.52

2.3

3,7-Dimethy-1,6-Octadien-3-ol

N.A.

2.95

N.A.

n-Hexadecenoic acid

1.1

1.97

N.A.

Methyl-6-oxoheptanoate

15.37

N.A.

N.A.

2,2,4-Trimethyl-3-cyclohexanol

0.51

N.A.

N.A.

  1. Pomegranate peel extract (PPE) labelled for respective varieties PPE-1 = wild, PPE-2 = red, and PPE-3 = white. *N.A. denotes “not available”.
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