The Potential of Jatropha variegata Fruits as a Natural Contraceptive: Antifertility Activity and Phytochemical Analysis

Table 1

Phytoconstituents in the oily fraction (JF1) of the hexane extract of J. variegata fruit identified by GC-MS.

No.	RT	Name of the compound	MF	MW	% Peak area
1	12.37	Pentadecane	C15H32	212	0.78
2	15.27	1-Nonadecene	C19H38	266	0.65
3	17.35	Methyl palmitate	C17H34O2	270	4.64
4	21.13	Methyl linolate	C19H34O2	294	17.26
5	21.24	Methyl elaidate	C19H36O2	296	6.35
6	21.84	Methyl stearate	C19H38O2	298	8.97
7	22.84	Ethyl elaidate	C20H38O2	310	0.56
8	26.12	Heneicosane	C21H44	296	0.93
9	26.944	Methyl arachidate	C21H42O2	326	0.81
10	28.724	Eicosane	C20H42	282	1.56
11	31.33	Octacosane	C28H58	394	5.62
12	32.194	Methyl docosanoate	C23H46O2	354	0.99
13	32.80	Z-6,17-Octadecadien-1-ol acetate	C20H36O2	308	0.5
14	34.17	Tetracosane	C24H50	338	2.89
15	35.283	Methyl tricosanoate	C24H48O2	368	0.59
16	37.75	Heptacosane	C27H56	380	4.88
17	39.189	Methyl tetracosanoate	C25H50O2	382	1.4
18	39.96	Dioctyl isophthalate	C24H38O4	390	3.12
19	42.202	Tetratriacontane	C34H70	478	1.36
20	43.481	Squalene	C30H50	410	1.59
21	43.7	Methyl pentacosanoate	C26H52O2	396	0.56
22	46.048	Tetratetracontane	C44H90	618	1.3
23	47.239	Methyl hexacosanoate	C27H54O2	410	0.68
24	49.098	Tetratetracontane	C44H90	618	0.68
25	50.814	α-Amyrin	C30H50O	426	0.84
26	61.307	Nonadecatriene-5,14-diol	C19H34O2	294	0.96
27	61.534	Phytol acetate	C22H42O2	338	2.22