Cordia lutea L. Flowers: A Promising Medicinal Plant as Chemopreventive in Induced Prostate Carcinogenesis in Rats

Table 1

Major components detected in the ethanol extract of Cordia lutea.

Name of compound	Retention time	Area (%)	Molecular formula	Molecular weight
Hexadecanoic acid, butyl ester	29.99	5.89	C20H40O2	118.17
Butyl 9,12,15-octadecatrienoate	31.71	4.29	C22H38O2	312.53
Gibberellic acid	31.67	15.75	C19H22O6	346.40
Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane	36.03	30.88	C6H18O3Si3	315.25

^aRT: retention time determined relative to a DB-5MS (5% phenyl methyl silox). ^bIdentification method: MS, comparison of mass spectra with those listed in the NIST11 and Wiley 9 libraries.