Table 1.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of Moringa oleifera seed oil.

No	Nature of compound	Retention time (min)	Name of compound	Molecular formula	Molecular weight (g/mol)	Peak area (%)
1	Unidentified	17.52	Unidentified	-	-	2.356
2	Unidentified	18.24	Unidentified	-	-	3.433
3	The aromatic carboxylic acid (-COOH)	21.59	Benzoic acid	C7H6O2	122.12	0.141
4	Sugar alcohols	22.06	Glycerol	C3H8O3	92.09	0.074
5	Unidentified	24.42	Unidentified	-	-	0.206
6	Unidentified	28.41	Unidentified	-	-	0.012
7	Fatty acids	32.77	Lauric acid	C12H24O2	200.32	0.431
8	Unidentified	40.97	Unidentified	-	-	0.015
9	Fatty acids	41.47	Myristic acid	C14H28O2	228.37	0.028
10	Fatty acids	49.14	Palmitoleic acid	C16H30O2	254.40	0.051
11	Fatty acids	49.96	Palmitic acid	C16H32O2	256.42	6.569
12	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	50.96	Fluoranthene	C16H10	202.25	33.088
13	Fatty acids	55.15	Oleic acid	C18H34O2	282.5	18.925
14	Fatty acids	55.28	Oleic acid	C18H34O2	282.5	18.925
15	Fatty acids	55.77	Stearic acid	C18H3602	284.5	2.815
16	Unidentified	59.85	Unidentified	-	-	2.354
17	Unidentified	60.78	Unidentified	-	-	3.886
18	Unidentified	61.24	Unidentified	-	-	0.293
19	Unidentified	63.81	Unidentified	-	-	0.898
20	Glycerides	65.33	1-Monooleoylglycerol	C21H40O4	356.5	0.156
21	Vitamin E	68.83	Tocopherol-γ-tms-derivative	C31H56O2Si	488.8	0.106
22	Phytosterols	72.39	Campesterol	C28H48o	400.7	0.590
23	Phytosterols	72.73	Stigmasterol	C29H48o	412.7	1.378
24	Phytosterols	73.61	β-Sitosterol	C29H50O	414.7	1.198
25	Unidentified	73.83	Unidentified			0.291
26	Unidentified	79.21	Unidentified			1.785

The 3D (picture) name of compound were captured from pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.