Table 1: Chemical composition of the essential oil from the Mariscus alternifolius*.

S/N RT (Minutes) Chemical
Composition
Molecular
Formula
AI T.P (%)
1 3.235 Octane C8H18 0800 2.99
2 13.141 α-Cyperene C15H24 1398 4.73
3 17.023 Decanal C10H20O 1209 2.81
4 18.501 2-Decanone C10H20O 1201 2.46
5 23.920 Octacosyltrifluoroacetate C30H57F3O2 - 10.91
6 24.810 Hentriacontane C31H64 3100 2.52
7 25.071 1-Eicosene C20H40 1987 5.71
8 25.214 2-methyl-1-hexadecanol C17H36O - 5.96
9 25.368 z-14-nonacosene C29H58 2900 13.37
10 25.582 Tricosane C23H48 2300 19.45
Total% 71.91

*RT = Retention Time, AI = Arithmetic retention index, T.P = Total Percentage.