Table 3.
Bioactive compounds present in the M. paradisiaca hydroethanolic fruit peel extract.
| Peel extract | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | RT | Name of the compound | Molecular formula | MW | Peak area % | Compound nature | Activity |
| 1 | 3.688 | No matches | — | — | 0.91 | — | — |
| 2 | 3.980 | No matches | — | — | 1.72 | — | — |
| 3 | 6.903 | No matches | — | — | 5.78 | — | — |
| 4 | 20.76 | Hexadecanamide | C16H33NO | 255 | 0.92 | Palmitamide | Energy source |
| 5 | 23.51 | 9-Octadecenamide, (Z)- | C18H35NO | 281 | 15.97 | Oleamide | Hypolipdmic, antioxidative, antiepileptic, and neuroprotective |
| 6 | 23.72 | 9-Octadecenamide, (Z) | C18H35NO | 281 | 1.26 | Oleamide | Hypolipdmic, antioxidative, antiepileptic, and neuroprotective |
| 7 | 24.40 | Campesterol | C28H48O | 400 | 2.51 | Sterols | Antiangiogenic, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, and cholesterol-lowering activity |
| 8 | 24.48 | Ergost-5-en-3-ol, (3.beta.)- | C28H48O | 400 | 2.01 | Sterols | Antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, anticancer, antihypercholesterolemic, and cardioprotective |
| 9 | 25.18 | Vitamin E | C29H50O2 | 430 | 15.16 | Vitamin E | Antiageing, analgesic, antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antidermatitic, antileukemic, antitumor, anticancer, hepatoprotective, hypocholesterolemic, antiulcerogenic, vasodilator, antispasmodic, antibronchitic, and anticoronary |
| 10 | 26.04 | Stigmasterol | C29H48O | 412 | 7.43 | Sterols | Antidiabetic, anticancer, antiinflammatory, hypocholestrolemic, and antioxidant |
| 11 | 7.43 | Campesterol | C28H48O | 400 | 2.51 | Sterols | Antiangiogenic, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, and cholesterol-lowering. |
| 12 | 27.93 | β-Sitosterol | C29H50O | 414 | 11.79 | Sterols | Anticholesteremic, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anticancer, antiinflammatory, antiarthritic, antiasthma, and diuretic |
| 13 | 28.30 | Stigmasterol | C29H48O | 412 | 7.16 | Sterols | Antidiabetic, anticancer, antiinflammatory, hypocholestrolemic, and antioxidant |
| 14 | 29.351 | No matches | — | — | 2.2 | — | — |
| 15 | 29.87 | β-Sitosterol | C29H50O | 414 | 13.49 | Sterols | Anticholesterolemic, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anticancer, antiinflammatory, antiarthritic, antiasthma, and diuretic |
| 16 | 31.268 | No matches | — | — | 1.83 | — | — |
| 17 | 31.926 | No matches | — | — | 1.12 | — | — |
| 18 | 32.057 | — | — | — | 2.51 | — | — |
Modified from Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases [35].