Table 1. Compounds identified in nonpolar fraction of ExEP from P. droryana (ExEP-P) and A. mellifera (ExEP-A) by gas chromatography−mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Peak	Retention time (min)	Compounds	Molecular mass	ExEP-P mg/g ± SD	ExEP-A mg/g ± SD
1	16.46	campesterol	400	-	7.2 ± 0.2
2	17.02	stigmasterola	412	-	2.4 ± 0.1
3	17.72	β-sitosterola	414	7.2 ± 0.3	3.3 ± 0.2
4	17.93	β-amyrina	426	14.5 ± 0.5	11.3 ± 0.4
5	18.09	taraxasterol	426	-	3.6 ± 0.1
6	18.45	α-amyrina	426	8.8 ± 0.2	3.8 ± 0.1
7	19.65	β-amyrin acetatea	468	12.2 ± 0.4	8.1 ± 0.2
8	21.20	α-amyrin acetatea	468	-	6.4 ± 0.3
9	24.56	tocopherola	430	16.8 ± 0.6	13.3 ± 0.5

This is the Table 1 legend.

^aCompound confirmed by comparison with standard

Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation

n = number of independent experiments in triplicate