Table 4. List of potential compounds with their biological activities and retention times found in GC-MS analysis of B. contaminans NZ (B), M. phaseolina (M), and their co-culture (C).

Sl. No.	Compound Name	Culture Name	Retention Time (min)	Biological Activity	Reference(s)
1	2,5-Dimethyl pyrazine	B, C	6.28	Fungistatic activity	[46]
2	2-Methoxy- phenol	C	9.30	Antioxidant, Cytotoxic	[47]
3	5-Methyl-furfural	M, C	7.1	Antimicrobial, Antioxidant	[48]
4	2-Undecanethiol, 2-methyl	M, C, B	9.01/12.6	Antimicrobial activity	[49]
5	2,3-Dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one	B, C	10.4	Antifungal, Oxidative stress inducer	[50, 51]
6	Catechol	C	11.4	Antifungal activity, Suicide substrate inhibitors of tyrosinase	[44, 52, 53]
7	1,4-Benzenediol / Hydroquinone	B	11.42	Cytotoxic activity, Protein kinase inhibition	[54]
8	2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4,6-dinitro-phenol	B	12.8	Herbicide	[55]
9	Decahydro-1,4-dimethoxy naphthalene	B	14.6	Antimicrobial activity	[56]
10	2-Hexyldecanol	C	16.06	Suppresses melanin synthesis	[57]
11	3-trifluoro acetoxypentadecane	C	16.6	Antimicrobial activity	[58]
12	Methoxyacetic acid, 3-tridecyl ester	M, B	16.6/17.8	Cytotoxicity	[59]
13	Pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-1,4-dione	M, B	19.6/19.9	Antioxidant agent, Antifungal activity, Antibiotic activity	[60–62]
14	3,6-Diisopropylpiperazin-2,5-dione	B	20.1	Antimalarial activity	[63]
15	1-(1,6-Dioxooctadecyl)- pyrrolidine	B, C	20.23/21.2	Antioxidant activity	[64]
16	n-Hexadecanoic acid	B, M, C	21.04	Antibacterial, Antifungal, Cytotoxicity,	[65]
17	Hexadecamethylheptasiloxane	B, C	23.8	Antifungal	[66]
18	9-Octadecenamide	B, C	24.8	Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory	[58]
19	9,10-Dihydro-12’-hydroxy-2’-methyl-5’-(phenylmethyl)-, (5’ alpha,10 alpha) - ergotaman-`3’,6’,18-trione	B, C	24.9/25.1	Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory, Alpha-amaylase inhibitory activity	[45]
20	Di-n-octyl phthalate	B, M	25.9/ 26.35	Antifungal and antioxidant	[67, 68]