Volatile Organic Compounds of Anchote Tuber and Leaf Extracted Using Simultaneous Steam Distillation and Solvent Extraction

Table 4

Content of functional groups in identified volatile components from anchote leaves and tubers.

Functional groups	No. of compounds		mg/kg		Relative peak area%
	Leaf	Tuber	Leaf	Tuber	Leaf	Tuber
Alcohol	6	1	1.51	0.22	11.62	10.07
Aldehyde	3	1	0.44	0.01	3.39	0.67
Alkane	2	1	0.07	0.02	0.51	0.76
Carbonyl compound	4	3	2.53	0.48	19.51	21.69
Ester	3	2	91.34	99.16	703.84	4499.01
Heterocyclic compounds	—	1	—	0.01	—	0.26
Hydrocarbon	1	—	0.03	—	0.24	—
Ketone	1	—	0.09	—	0.73	—
Terpene	1	—	0.09	—	0.69	—
Miscellaneous	9	5	3.90	0.09	30.04	3.97
Unknown	—	1	—	0.01	—	0.48
Total	30	15	100	100	770.57	4536.92