Table 1 Initial identification of major compounds detected in the hexane extract of “Sheba” plant material (leaf and stem) using GC-MS (Fig. 3), showing relative and % abundance compared to internal standard

Number	RT	Compound	RI	Lit. RI	Amount^a	Amount (%)
1	11.62	Isobutyl benzene (IS)^b	1010		50.00
2	12.28	limonene^b	1032		5.61	0.64
3	32.81	neophytadiene isomer 1	1836	1839^c	38.76	4.45
4	33.69	neophytadiene isomer 2	1879	1881^c	14.64	1.68
5	35.41	hexadecanoic acid^b	1965		46.93	5.39
6	38.72	linolenic acid	2143	2143^a	33.25	3.82
7	39.10	octadecanoic acid^b	2164		5.02	0.58
8	44.67	pentacosane	2499	2500	6.31	0.73
9	46.19	hexacosane^b	2597		7.97	0.92
10	47.65	heptacosane	2698	2700	9.01	1.04
11	49.09	octacosane^b	2797		8.40	0.97
12	49.34	squalene^b	2816	2814^a	270.17	31.04
13	50.44	nonacosane	2897	2900	10.96	1.26
14	50.76	Unknown 1 (C₃₀H₄₈)	2921		21.28	2.45
15	51.03	Unknown 2 (C₃₀H₅₀O)	2941		9.69	1.11
16	51.10	Unknown 3 (C₃₀H₅₀O)	2946		11.09	1.27
17	51.76	triacontane^b	2995		16.49	1.89
18	51.91	Unknown 4 (C₃₀H₅₀O)	3007		16.45	1.89
19	53.05	hentriacontane	3097	3100	10.95	1.26
20	53.31	Unknown 5	3118		11.37	1.31
21	53.57	α-tocopherol^b	3138		44.97	5.17
22	53.64	α-tocopherolquinone	3144		14.62	1.68
23	54.97	campesterol	3253		10.35	1.19
24	55.28	stigmasterol	3279		9.70	1.11
25	55.69	n-triacontanol	3313		13.10	1.51
26	56.05	γ-Sitosterol	3344	3351^b	66.49	7.64
27	56.24	isofucosterol	3360	3343^a	20.93	2.40
28	56.66	β-amyrin^b	3395		34.04	3.91
29	57.27	α-amyrin^b	3444		80.58	9.26
30	57.34	α-tocopherol derivative	3450		21.16	2.43

^a relative to IS; ^b confirmed with commercial standard. Compounds in italics tentatively identified based on mass spectra and retention indices (RI) values sourced from: a. (ref. ⁷⁷), b. (ref. ⁷⁸), c. (ref. ⁷⁹). Retention times correlate with Fig. 3

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