In the original published version of this article, the GCMS solvent peaks were incorrectly reported as plant compounds in Table 3. The rows concerning these two compounds (1,2 benzene carboxylic acid, bis(2-methylpropyl) ester & 1,2 benzene carboxylic acid) have been removed. The corrected Table 3 is displayed below.
This has also resulted in a correction for the first paragraph in sub-section “GC–MS profiling of MOME”. The corrected version of the paragraph is “GC-MS profiling of MOME (Figure 6) revealed the presence of 12 compounds (Table 3). Out of the 12 compounds found; 5 compounds were reported to have various biological activities. Heptadecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, Dl-.alpha.-Tocopherol. 11, 14, 17-eicosatrienoic acid and 9, 12, 15-octadecatrienal were the compounds present in MOME with anti arthritic and anti coronary activities. So the activity connected with MOME may be due to the presence of these compounds.”
In addition, the following sentence has been removed from the discussion section: “1,2 benzene dicarboxylic acid, used in the preparation of perfumes and cosmetics (Roy et al., 2011) is the major compound in the methanol extract of Moringa oleifera leaves.”. The reference (Roy et al., 2011) has also been removed.
The authors apologise for these mistakes. This correction does not, in any way, compromise the findings of the study, either in terms of the methodology, results, or interpretations drawn from the data therein. Both the HTML and PDF versions of the article have been updated to correct the error.
Table 3.
MOME GCMS analysis.
| Peak | R.Time | Area | Area% | Height | Height% | Name | Base m/z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26.699 | 59482 | 2.71 | 30093 | 4.46 | 16-HEPTADECENAL | 68.05 |
| 2 | 28.503 | 55721 | 2.54 | 24213 | 3.58 | HEPTADECANOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER | 74.05 |
| 3 | 29.549 | 271109 | 12.37 | 36078 | 5.34 | HEXADECANOIC ACID | 73.05 |
| 4 | 31.824 | 86511 | 3.95 | 36832 | 5.45 | 11,14,17-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER | 79.05 |
| 5 | 32.063 | 157663 | 7.19 | 63384 | 9.38 | PHYTOL | 71.05 |
| 6 | 32.831 | 141128 | 6.44 | 26985 | 4.00 | 9,12,15-OCTADECATRIENAL | 79.05 |
| 7 | 38.666 | 8889 | 0.41 | 4969 | 0.74 | DODECANE, 1,1-DIFLUORO- | 57.05 |
| 8 | 38.916 | 13074 | 0.60 | 6543 | 0.97 | OCTADECANOIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-1-(HYDROXYMETHYL)ETHYL ESTER | 57.10 |
| 9 | 41.686 | 13624 | 0.62 | 6138 | 0.91 | (S)-4-IODO-1,2-EPOXYBUTANE | 57.05 |
| 10 | 42.079 | 22001 | 1.00 | 3795 | 0.56 | 6,6-DIMETHYL-9-METHYLENE BICYCLO[3.3.1]NONAN-3-ONE | 149.00 |
| 11 | 42.566 | 12171 | 0.56 | 4645 | 0.69 | 4-ISOXAZOLAMINE, 5-(1-METHYLETHYL)-N-[(1-METHYLETHYL)CARBONIMIDOYL]- | 71.10 |
| 12 | 48.530 | 66420 | 3.03 | 16292 | 2.41 | DL-.ALPHA.-TOCOPHEROL | 165.05 |