Table 2.

Chemicals found in the butanolic extract of C. esculentus using GCMS.

Peak	Compound	Retention Time (min)	Retention Indices (Literature)	Area (%)	Molecular Formula	Molecular Weight (g/ml)
2	Pantolactone	5.658	1883	0.36	C6H10O3	130.14
4	Levoglucosenone	6.491	1404	0.70	C6H6O3	126.11
6	Benzoic acid	7.762	1554.3	0.37	C7H6O2	122.12
8	Catechol	8.201	1961	0.99	C6H6O2	110.1
9	Benzofuran, 2,3-dihydro-	8.355	1152.7	1.56	C8H8O	120.15
15	1,2,3-Benzenetriol	10.739	1385.7	73.69	C6H6O	126.11
17	1-Ethynyl-3,5-dimethyladamantane	12.257	1259	1.21	C14H20	188.30
23	Ethanol, 1-(1-cyclohexenyl)-	13.332	1336.6	1.11	C8 H16 O	126.2
25	3-Bornanone, oxime	14.082	1135.1	2.82	C10H17NO	167.25
26	Spiro[5.5]undeca-1,7-diene	14.630	1516	1.01	C11H16	148.24
28	n-Hexadecanoic acid	15.589	1996	0.84	C21H46O2Si2	256.43
29	Semiarbazide, 4-(1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]	15.811	1944.7	0.82	C11H19N3O	209.29
31	Oleic Acid	16.725	2165.16	1.77	C18H34O	282.47

1,2,3-Benzenetriol; l3-Bornanone, oxime, and Oleic Acid are the most active compounds identified in the butanol extract.