Table 3.

GC-MS spectral analysis of A. ferox (methanol), W. salutaris (aqueous) and E. natalensis (ethyl acetate) extracts.

Peak #	Ret. Time (min)	Name	Molecular formula	Molecular weight	A. ferox (ME)	W. salutaris (AQ)	E. natalensis (EA)
1	4.46	Decane	C10H22	142	6.85%	3.86%
2	6.28	Pentanoic acid, 4-oxo- (CAS)	C5H8O3	116	4.43%
2	6.47	4H-Pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-	C6H8O4	144	4.52%
3	6.57	Benzene, 2-ethyl-1,4-dimethyl-	C10H14	134			0.69%
4	9.08	Tetradecane	C14H30	198			0.35%
5	9.36	Guanosine	C10H13N5O5	283	6.44%
6	11.62	Trimethyl(1-methylbutoxy) silane	C8H20OSi	160		1.44%
7	11.67	Cis Megastigma-5,8-diene-4-one	C13H20O	192		2.44%
8	11.76	Ethanol, 2-(3,3-dimethylbicyclo [2.2.1]	C11H18O	166		3.67%
9	12.36	Sorbitol	C6H14O6	182		9.57%
10	12.60	Neophytadiene	C20H38	278		1.30%	0.24%
11	12.76	Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, 3,7-dimethyl-6-octenyl ester	C15H28O2	240		1.10%
12	13.78	2,5,5,8a-Tetramethyl-4-methylene	C14H22O3	238		0.92%
13	14.25	α-Kaurene	C20H32	272			0.25%
14	14.63	2,4-Heptadiene, 2,4-dimethyl-	C9H16	124		0.98%
15	15.20	Cyclohexanol, 3,3,5-trimethyl-, acetate, cis-	C11H20O2	184		1.01%
16	16.91	1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid bis-(1-ethylhexyl) ester	C24H38O4	390	1.61%
17	17.02	Triphenylphosphine oxide	C18H15OP	278	1.60%
18	18.57	Eicosane	C20H42	282			0.66%
19	18.93	Squalene	C30H50	410			0.37%
20	25.58	α-Amyrin	C30H50O	426			4.30%
21	20.61	Hexacosane	C26H54	366			0.54%
22	20.62	Octadecane, 1-iodo-	C18H37I	380	1.08%
23	24.59	Vitamin E	C29H50O2	430			1.17%
24	25.72	Dotriacontane	C22H66	450			1.64%
25	25.73	Docosane	C22H46	310			5.79%