Chemical Composition and Insecticidal, Antiplasmodial, and Anti-Leishmanial Activity of <i>Capparis spinosa</i> Essential Oil and Its Main Constituents

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Chemical class</td><td class="align_center">Percent (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alcohol</td><td class="align_center">9.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Aldehyde</td><td class="align_center">48.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Monoterpene</td><td class="align_center">12.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Organosulfur</td><td class="align_center">6.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sesquiterpenes</td><td class="align_center">19.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fatty acid</td><td class="align_center">3.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Total content of compounds of <i>C. spinosa</i> essential oil by GC/MS analysis.</div>

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Table 2: Chemical Composition and Insecticidal, Antiplasmodial, and Anti-Leishmanial Activity of <i>Capparis spinosa</i> Essential Oil and Its Main Constituents 

Table 2 | Chemical Composition and Insecticidal, Antiplasmodial, and Anti-Leishmanial Activity of Capparis spinosa Essential Oil and Its Main Constituents 