Table 3.

Major compounds identified by GC–MS in the A. bilimbi L. fruit extract, reported to have biological activity and cited in PUBMED

S. no	Compound	Activity
1	Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester	Antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic nematicide, pesticide, anti-androgenic flavour, hemolytic, 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (Kumar et al. 2010)
2	Squalene	Chemo-preventive against colon cancer (Rao and Harold 1998)
3	Erucic acid	X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (Rizzo et al. 1989)
4	Oleic acid	Reduce blood pressure (Teres et al. 2008)
5	Chimanine D	Antileishmanial (Fournet et al. 1993)
6	Boronic acid	Potential pharmaceutical agent (selective reduction of aldehydes, enzyme inhibitors, asymmetric synthesis of amino acids) (Yang 2003)
7	5-Hydroxymethyl furfural	Against sickle cell anaemia (Lin et al. 2008)
8	Mannitol	Used for acute traumatic brain injury (Wakai et al. 2013)
9	Desulphosinigrin	Antibacterial (Sabreen et al. 2015)
10	Methyl Pyroglutamate	Antibiotic preparation. Smith 1997 in the book Alkaloids: Chemical and Biological Perspectives Chapter 4: Pyroglutamate as a Chiral Template for the Synthesis of Alkaloids