Table 4.
Identified bioactive compounds present in Ruzu herbal bitters using GC-MS.
| Name of Compound | Retention |
Molecular |
Molecular |
% Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Formula | Weight | Area | |
| 2,7 - Dioxatricyclodeca-4, 9-diene | 9.375 | C8H8O2 | 136 | 1.38 |
| Nonanoic acid (Pelargic/pelargonic acid) | 10.100 | C9H18O2 | 158 | 1.68 |
| Dodecanoic acid (Lauric acid) | 12.508 | C12H24O2 | 200 | 7.87 |
| Tetradecanoic acid (Myristic acid) | 14.900 | C14H28O2 | 228 | 16.47 |
| Methyl - 6 – methylheptanoat | 17.033 | C9H18O | 2 158 | 1.40 |
| n-Hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) | 18.467 | C16H32O2 | 256 | 5.64 |
| 11-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester | 20.100 | C19H36O | 296 | 4.05 |
| 13-Methyloxacyclotetradecane-2-one | 21.167 | C14H26O2 | 226 | 4.88 |
| Cis-Z-α-Bisabolene epoxide | 22.800 | C15H24O | 220 | 2.66 |
| 9-Octadecanamide, (Z) (Crodamide) | 23.725 | C18H35NO | 281 | 3.07 |