Table 2.

Chemical constituents of Chrysophyllum cainitos seed essential oil

S/N	Retention time (mins)	Compound name*	Kovats Retention Index (RI)	Percentage area (%)	Formula
1	5.347	α-Ocimene	1298	0.26	C10H16
2	5.800	ẟ-Terpinene	1376	0.24	C10H16
3	7.596	Sabinene	1266	0.76	C10H16
4	7.739	Rosefuran	1414	0.20	C10H14O
5	7.848	Cyclofenchene	980	1.51	C10H16
6	7.997	Pelargonaldehyde	1162	1.68	C9H18O
7	8.941	Dipropylacetylene	1176	0.28	C9H16
8	9.193	Exo-isocitral	1574	3.13	C10H16O
9	9.410	Terpineol	1318	0.32	C10H18O
10	9.708	3,6-Octadienal	1258	8.42	C10H16O
11	9.959	Rose furan oxide	1462	0.66	C10H14O2
12	10.131	3,7-Dimethylocta-3,6-dienal	1556	10.82	C10H16O
13	10.228	Propanoic acid	688	0.25	C10H18O2
14	11.095	Rhodinal	1488	0.47	C10H20O
15	11.344	Geranial	1264	28.56	C10H16O
16	11.590	Nerol	1286	2.68	C10H18O
17	11.899	Citral	1272	34.63	C10H16O
18	13.627	3-Carene	1348	1.32	C10H16
19	15.424	2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- Phenol	1558	0.19	C14H22O
20	16.351	β-Caryophyllene	1518	0.19	C13H22
21	16.711	Xylene-2-carboxaldehyde	1484	0.19	C9H10O
22	16.780	Viridiflorol	1746	0.23	C15H24
23	17.209	Rosefuran	1668	1.17	C9H10O
24	17.770	Palmitaldehyde	1984	0.19	C16H32O
25	19.956	methyl palmitate	1826	0.30	C17H34O2
26	20.620	Ethyl palmitate	1816	0.30	C18H36O2
		Monoterpene hydrocarbons		3.52
		Oxygenated monoterpenes		89.67
		Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons		0.23
		Oxygenated sesquiterpenes		1.04
		Non-terpene derivatives		4.43
		TOTAL		98.89