Table 3.

Detailed information about important metabolites and their corresponding biological significance.

Sl. no.	Important metabolites	Biological significance	References
1.	Azulene	Anti-inflammatory activity	Guarrera et al. (24)
2.	p-Cresol	Anticancer activity	Hinai et al. (25)
3.	Palmitic acid	Increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases	Fattore and Fanelli (26)
4.	Elaidic acid	Anticancer	Bergman et al. (27)
5.	Oleic acid	Reduces cardiovascular risk by reducing blood cholesterol	Priore et al. (28)
6.	Squalene	Reduces wrinkles and decreases UV-induced DNA damage in human skin	Cho et al. (29)
7.	Stearic acid	Reduces human breast cancer	Khan et al. (30)
8.	2,4-Di-tert-butyl phenol	Antioxidant Antifungal	Varsha et al. (31)
9.	Hydroxy lycopene	Anticancer, antidiabetic, cardioprotective, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective	Imran et al. (32)
10.	Paromomycin	Antibiotic against visceral leishmaniasis	Sundar et al. (22)
11.	Sugiol	Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antiviral, and antitumor	Bajpai et al. (21)
12.	Campesterol; Brassicasterol; Sitosterol; Stigmasterol	Reduces blood cholesterol levels: total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and inhibits cholesterol absorption	Sanclemente et al. (33)
13.	Eicosapentaenoic Acid	Anti-inflammatory process!!!!kannan!!!! Proper fetal brain and retina development	Smith et al. (34) Ramakrishnan et al. (35)
14.	Cymbopogonol	Antimicrobial activity	Abdelsalam et al. (36)
15.	Ursodeoxycholic acid	Beneficial effects in cholestatic disease	Ikegami and Matsuzaki (37)
16.	Cycloartenol	Lowers postprandial and hyperglycemia	Okahara et al. (38)
17.	Trigonelline	Cancer chemopreventive	Zhou et al. (39)
18.	Aldehydes, Nonanal, and Decanal	Olfactory simulation effect	Kim et al. (40)
19.	Glycine	Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory	Zhong et al. (41)
20.	Undecanoic and Capric acid	Immune function	Roopashree et al. (42)