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Table 2 Major chemical composition of methanolic extract (ME) and volatile oil (VO) extracted from Nigella sativa seed oil

From: Mitigating role of thymoquinone rich fractions from Nigella sativa oil and its constituents, thymoquinone and limonene on lipidemic-oxidative injury in rats

Serial no.

ME compounds

VO compounds

1

Limonene

p-Cymene

2

Thymoquinone

(+)-trans, trans-5-Caranol

3

Butylated hydroxytoluene

4-Terpineol

4

Palmitic acid

p-Cymen-8-ol

5

Citronellyl butyrate

Thymoquinone

6

Phytol

Thymol

7

Linoleic acid

Isothymol

8

Silane, [1-(5-ethenyltetrahydro-5-methyl-2-furanyl)-1-methylethoxy]trimethyl-, trans-

Copaene

9

Linoleic acid trimethylsilyl esterI

Limonene oxide

10

Glycerol 1-monolinolate

Longifolene-(V4)

11

-

p-tert-Butylpyrocatechol

12

-

Rimuen

13

-

Cephrol

14

-

Citronellal

  1. For complete chemical constituents of ME and VO extracts as their compounds identified by GC-MS analysis, can be seen in our research article, investigated by Ahmad and Beg (2013a).