Table 1.

Chemical Constituents of Chrysophyllum cainitos leaf essential oil

S/N	Retention time (mins)	Compound name*	Kovats Retention Index (RI)	Percentage area (%)	Formula
1	3.728	Caproaldehyde	870	2.10	C6H12O
2	5.044	1-Hexanol	958	2.15	C6H12O
3	5.353	Methylcyclopentane	806	1.01	C6H12
4	8.615	3,7-Dimethylocta-1,3,7-triene	1368	1.06	C10H16
5	8.798	β-ocimene	1318	12.37	C10H16
6	9.696	Cyclofenchene	958	7.16	C10H16
7	9.742	Pelargonaldehyde	1446	2.65	C9H18O
8	9.931	Methacrylic acid	1068	1.72	C9H14O4
9	10.137	Alloocimene	1426	0.63	C10H16
10	11.030	Hex-3-enyl butyrate	1446	7.20	C10H18O2
11	11.110	Isobutyric acid	874	1.65	C4H8O2
12	11.155	trans-2-Hexenyl butyrate	1188	2.11	C10H18O2
13	11.705	Pentanoic acid-3-hexen-1-yl ester	1218	1.33	C11H20O
14	12.775	undecyl aldehyde	1578	1.35	C11H22O
15	13.770	cis-3-Hexenyl hexanoate	1236	1.73	C12H22O2
16	13.868	2,6,6-trimethyl-3-cyclohexane	1178	0.76	C13H20O
17	14.137	Lauraldehyde	1456	1.96	C12H24O
18	14.365	β-Caryophyllene	1512	0.70	C16H24
19	15.172	(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)−3-buten-2-one	1590	1.10	C13H20O
20	15.395	α-farnesene	1568	9.19	C15H24
21	15.487	2,4-di-tert-butylphenol	1486	1.98	C14H22O
22	16.242	Geranyllinalool	1654	9.73	C16H26
23	17.066	Cedrelanol	1814	0.65	C15H26O
24	17.450	α-bulnesene	1586	0.65	C15H24
25	19.143	Hexahydrofarnesyl acetone	1766	0.73	C18H36O
26	19.727	methyl ester 7-hexadecenoic acid	1718	0.69	C17H32O2
27	19.950	Methyl palmitate	1828	1.23	C17H34O2
28	21.472	Oleic acid	1732	1.13	C18H34O
29	24.968	n-Octadecane	2876	0.56	C18H38
30	27.744	Perhydrosqualene	2868	6.53	C₃₀H₅₀
		Monoterpene hydrocarbons		21.22
		Oxygenated monoterpenes		23.18
		Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons		27.37
		Oxygenated sesquiterpenes		4.43
		Non-terpene derivatives		11.28
		TOTAL		87.47