Table 4.

8 Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) showing the phytoconstituents of the methanol extract of Ceratonia siliqua (carob pods)

No	RT (min)	Name	Area sum%
1	4.83	2,3-Butanediol	10.24
2	5.70	Butanoic acid, 2-ethyl-	4.73
3	7.13	Malic acid	15.28
4	9.27	Ascaridiol	1.43
5	10.30	Dodecanoic acid, ethyl ester	0.50
6	10.80	Dodecanoic acid, ethyl ester	2.53
7	12.06	Myristic acid	0.35
8	12.27	D-Gluconic acid, $\delta$-lactone	1.79
9	12.70	Pentadecanoic acid	2.99
10	13.13	Flavonols 3',4',5,7-OH, 3-O araglucoside	0.56
11	13.70	n-Hexadecanoic acid	13.29
12	14.04	Heptadecanoic acid	2.15
13	14.50	Silybin B	0.55
14	14.80	Linolenic acid	28.86
15	15.59	Eicosanoic acid	1.07
16	16.10	D-Pinitol	1.99
17	17.05	17-Octadecynoic acid	3.00
18	17.49	Octadecanedioic acid	0.72
19	17.62	2-Hexadecanol	0.29
20	18.20	Scutellarein tetramethyl ether	0.30
21	19.79	1-Heptatriacotanol	1.53
22	20.70	Quercetin 3-glucoside	2.63
23	21.06	Phythol	0.70
24	21.44	Thunbergol	0.82
25	22.75	$\delta$-Tocopherol	0.93
26	22.90	Colchifoleine	0.79