Research Article

Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Nigella sativa L Growing in Morocco

Table 3

Fraction chemical composition generated from the hexane mother extract and identified by GC-MS.

FractionPic numberNamesTR%Air

SH112.4-Decadienal15.114.95
2lauric acid18.681.87
3Palmitic acid22.618.64
417-bromopropanoic acid23.269.3
51-Octadecanol23.5817.79
6Linoleic acid24.3618.29
7Heptadecanoic acid24.6411.02
89-Octadecanoic acid (Z). 2-butoxyethyl ester25.7928.12

SH21Octanoic acid. 8-hydroxy-16.232.61
2Methyl azelaaldehydate16.772.60
3Azelaic acid18.269.44
4Laural dimethyl acetal18.8912.14
5Palmitic acid22.6240.98
6Linoleic acid24.3717.10
78-Octadecenoic acid24.431.25
8Heptadecanoic acid24.6216.35

SH312.4-Decadienal15.241.70
2Palmitic acid. Methyl ester22.605.65
31-Octadecanol23.8487.32
4Oleic acid. Methyl ester24.345.31

SH41Hexadecane. 7.9-dimethyl-15.179.97
2Hexadecane18.1310.84
3Tricosanoic acid10.14.18.22-tetramethyl22.5811.17
417 pentatriacontene24.5960.37
5Lignocerol24.797.62

SH51Hexadecane. 2.6.11.15-tetramethyl-17.550.29
29-Eicosene. €-18.781.79
3Palmitic acid. Methyl ester22.602.65
49-Tricosene. (Z)-23.282.70
5linoleic acid24.0592.54

SH61Eicosane18.132.19
2Dichloroacetic acid.heptadecyl ester18.774.08
39-Dicosene21.145.12
4Palmitic acid. Methyl ester22.604.09
5l-(+)-Ascorbic acid 2.6-dihexadecanoate23.0314.37
69-Tricosene23.286.60
71-Octadecanol23.9147.22
8Oleic Acid24.8112.34
99-Hexacosene25.243.95

SH71Hexadecane. 7.9-dimethyl-15.186.11
2Heptadecane. 8-methyl-15.183.71
3Hexadecane. 2.6.11.15-tetramethyl-17.558.44
4Pentanoic acid. 5-hydroxy-. 2.4-di-t-butylphenyl esters17.833.87
5Heptadecane. 2-methyl-18.1311.68
69-Eicosene. €-18.7816.82
7Dichloroacetic acid.heptadecyl ester21.156.42
8Palmitic acid. Methyl ester22.6018.89
99-Tricosene. (Z)-23.289.74
10linoleic acid24.3514.08

SH812.4-Decadienal15.163.82
29-Eicosene. €-18.7716.53
3Dichloroacetic acid.heptadecyl ester21.1416.84
4Palmitic acid. Methyl ester22.6024.91
51-Octadecanol23.5813.23
6Oleic acid. Methyl ester24.395.57
7Stearic acid. Methyl ester24.6210.49
89-Hexacosene25.238.59

TR: retention time; %Air: percentage of compounds present.