Table 10.

Bioactivity of 11 major components of a tigernut ethanolic extract was determined using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Serial No.	Compound name	Reported bioactivity	Reference
1	trans-13-Octadecenoic acid	Antifungal activity	Purkait et al. (2020)
2	γ-Sitosterol	Hypolipidemic, antiviral	Mauryaet al. (2022)
3	Stigmasterol	Antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer	Nna et al. (2019)
4	Campesterol	Antiviral, reduced apoptosis	Kurano et al. (2018)
5	Octadecanoic acid (stearic acid)	Mitofusin activity, antihypertensive activity	Senyilmaz-Tiebe et al. (2018)
6	Vitamin E	Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory	Asbaghi et al. (2020)
7	2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol	Antioxidant, antifungal activity	Varsha et al. (2015)
8	Benzo[h]quinoline, 2,4-dimethyl-	General antimicrobial	Antoci et al. (2021)
9	Lanosterol	Anti-cataractogenic activity	Zhao et al. (2015)
10	Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl ester	Antioxidants, hypocholesterolemic nematicide, pesticides, anti-androgenic flavor, hemolytic, 5-α reductase inhibitor	Kumar et al. (2010)
11	β-Tocopherol	Anticancer activity	Mondul et al. (2015)