Table 4 GC-MS profiling and biological activity of phytochemical constituents identified in C. pictus methanol extract (SM) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

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Retention time

CAS

Compound name

Chemical formula

Molecular weight

Peak area (%)

Biological activity

References

9.381

112-37-8

N-Decanoic acid

C11H22O2

186

0.36

Anticancer

Yang et al.43

17.034

71053-02-6

Phytol

C20H40O

296

1.45

Anticancer

Gliszczyńska et al.44, Sakthivel et al.45

18.905

105794-58-9

1-Heptatriacotanol

C37H76O

536

38.62

Antihypercholesterolemic

Baskaran et al.46

19.765

57-10-3

N-Hexadecanoic acid

C16H32O2

256

4.85

Anticancer

Bharat et al.38

20.440

106-11-6

Octadecanoic acid, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl ester

C22H44O4

372

32.77

22.046

506-30-9

Eicosanoic acid

C20H40O2

312

1.87

  

23.682

57-11-4

Octadecanoic acid

C18H36O2

284

1.14

Anticancer

Manivannan et al.39

25.532

646-30-0

Nonadecanoic acid

C19H38O2

298

0.76

Anticancer

Fukuzawa et al.40

27.878

1002-84-2

Pentadecanoic acid

C15H30O2

242

0.78

Anticancer

To et al.41

29.719

71339-53-2

2(3 H)-Furanone, 3-(15-hexadecynylidene)dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-,

C21H34O3

334

1.50

31.355

506-12-7

Heptadecanoic acid

C17H34O2

270

2.74

Anticancer

Xu et al.42

33.761

638-53-9

Tridecanoic acid

C13H26O2

214

2.09

Anti-bacterial

Jin X et al.47

34.606

7320-37-8

Oxirane, tetradecyl-

C16H32O

240

3.93

Antimicrobial

Joshi et al.48.

36.727

2566-97-4

9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, (e, e)-

C19H34O2

294

5.82

Nematicide

Hepatoprotective

Insectifuge

Dr. Duke’s: Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

37.632

124-25-4

Tetradecanal

C14H28O

212

1.33

  
  1. Significant values are in bold.