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

Table 2

Phytoconstituents in the oily fraction (JF2) of the hexane extract of J. variegata fruit identified by GC-MS.

No.	RT	Name of the compound	MF	MW	% peak area
1	6.8	2-Amylfuran	C9H14O	138	0.58
2	7.084	Hexanoic acid	C6H12O2	116	4.55
3	9.226	Octanoic acid	C8H16O2	144	1.1
4	10.208	Nonanoic acid	C9H18O2	158	0.63
5	11.034	8-Methyl-1-undecene	C12H24	168	0.92
6	11.071	6-Methyl octadecane	C19H40	268	1.18
7	11.178	N-Decanoic acid	C10H20O2	172	0.6
8	11.846	Methyl 9-oxononanoate	C10H18O3	186	0.59
9	12.423	Oleic acid	C18H34O2	282	4.85
10	13.25	Azelaic acid	C9H16O4	188	0.74
11	13.99	2-n-Octylfuran	C12H20O	180	1.53
12	14.97	Tetradecanoic acid	C14H28O2	228	0.56
13	17.35	Methyl palmitate	C17H34O2	270	4.36
14	18.29	Palmitic acid	C16H32O2	256	5.48
15	21.21	(E)-Methyl octadec-9-enoate	C19H36O2	296	2.79
16	21.80	Methyl stearate	C19H38O2	298	2.98
17	22.39	cis-Vaccenic acid	C18H34O2	282	0.64
18	24.55	(E)-13-Docosenoic acid	C22H42O2	338	0.93
19	32.83	Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	C24H38O4	390	0.93
20	39.90	Dioctyl isophthalate	C24H38O4	390	3.49
21	49.21	Unknown		385	1.59
22	49.63	β-Amyrin	C30H50O	426	3.69
23	50.87	α-Amyrin	C30H50O	426	15.48
24	53.29	β-Amyrin	C30H48O	424	0.53
25	56.39	γ-Sitosterol	C29H50O	414	1.78
26	56.62	Cycloartenol 3-acetate	C32H52O2	468	5.15
27	57.29	Cholest-4-en-3-one	C27H44O	384	0.87
28	57.99	4,22-Stigmastadiene-3-one	C29H46O	410	0.96
29	58.40	Cholesta-3,5-dien-7-one	C27H42O	382	2.36
30	59.37	Stigmast-4-en-3-one	C29H48O	412	7.75