Volatiles from Subtropical Convolvulaceae That Interfere with Bacterial Cell-to-Cell Communication as Potential Antipathogenic Drugs

Table 2

Volatile metabolites of M. dissecta diethyl ether extract.

RT (min)	RI	Compounds	Structure	MW	Main mass fragmentation peaks ()	%
8.79	1036	Benzyl alcohol		108	108 (M^+•), 107, 91, 79 (100%), 63 and 51	11.17
14.49	1150	Benzoic acid		122	122 (M^+•), 105 (100%), 77 and 51	3.36
20.80	1377	δ-Elemene		204	204 (M^+•), 189, 175, 161, 148, 136, 121 (100%), 105, 93, 77, 67 and 53	2.65
23.16	1398	β-Elemene		204	189, 147, 107, 81 (100%) and 68	4.70
24.45	1494	β-Caryophyllene		204	204 (M^+•), 189, 161, 133, 105 and 93 (100%)	13.47
27.6	1515	Germacrene D		204	204 (M^+•), 161 (100%), 105, 79 and 55	25.56
31.05	1536	Spathulenol		220	220 (M^+•), 205, 187, 159, 131, 119, 91 (100%), 79 and 55	6.27
38.9		Not identified				5.83
45.6	1869	Pentadecanoic acid		242	242 (M^+•), 199, 143, 129, 115, 87, 73 (100%), and 60	13.52
45.65	2167	Stearic acid		284	284 (M^+•), 265, 241, 185, 143, 129, 115, 97, 83, 73 (94%) and 57	3.76

RT: retention time. RI: Kovats retention indexes. MW: molecular weight.