Chemical Composition, Total Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oils of the Leaves and Fruit Pulp of Annona muricata L. (Soursop) from Ghana
Table 1
Composition of leaf essential oil of Annona muricata as determined by GC-MS with tentative identified compounds.
No.
RT
SI
Compound
% composition
1
7.16
87
α-Pinene, (D)-
0.04
2
8.87
96
Limonene, (D)-
0.25
3
11.59
98
Methyl (9E)-9-octadecen-12-ynoate
0.36
4
13.06
89
6-Methyloctadecane
0.21
5
13.62
90
δ-EIemene
1.04
6
14.21
98
α-Copaene
4.21
7
14.39
99
β-Elemene
0.18
8
14.65
95
α-Muurolene
10.64
9
14.65
91
Andrographolide
6.51
10
14.84
98
Ledene oxide (II)
6.29
11
14.84
98
β-Caryophyllene
5.57
12
15.08
92
α-Acorenol
0.06
13
15.14
83
β-cis-farnesene
2.72
14
15.30
97
α-Humulene
1.44
15
15.37
97
γ-Muurolene
0.21
16
15.52
98
α-Selinene
1.13
17
15.74
91
4-epi-cubedol
0.88
18
16.01
96
Caryophyllene oxide
1.15
19
16.09
97
δ-Cadinene
22.58
20
16.80
97
Cubenol
1.94
21
16.91
94
2-Hexadecen-1-ol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl
0.39
22
17.75
97
α-Cadinol
5.65
23
19.30
96
Methyl 10,12-pentacosadiynoate
1.99
24
19.63
88
β-Viternene
0.25
25
19.73
91
Cedren-13-ol
0.12
26
20.07
95
Gitoxigenin
1.37
27
20.14
96
16-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester
0.26
28
20.26
95
3-(Octadecyloxy) propyl ester
5.57
29
22.35
94
6-epi-shyobunol
5.17
30
25.57
99
τ-Cadinol
6.47
31
27.27
90
Octadecane
5.33
Terpenes
50.26
Oxygenated terpenes (terpenoids)
34.24
Esters
8.18
Alkanes
5.54
Sterol
1.37
Alcohol
0.39
Total
99.98
No., compound number in order of elution; SI, Similarity Index (library search of purity value of a compound); RT, retention time in minutes.
