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Table 5 Chemical profiles of selected compounds with assigned bioactivities obtained from the GC–MS fraction’s fingerprint

From: Endophytic fungal species Nigrospora oryzae and Alternaria alternata exhibit antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative multi-drug resistant clinical bacterial isolates

Fungal endophyte

Fraction (F)

Compound Name

Retention Time (min)

Chemical Formula

Molecular

Weight (g/mol)

Area %

Reported bioactivity

Nature of Compound

A. alternata P02PL2

FB

Benzene, 1,3-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)

9.930

C14H22

190

2.06

Antibacterial activity [56]

Aromatic hydrocarb

Pyrrolo[1,2-a] pyrazine-1,4-dione, hexahydro-3-(2-methylpropyl)-

16.547, 18.035, and 18.685

C11H18N2O2

210

6.85, 1.53, & 0.85

antioxidant activity [54], antibacterial activity [64]

alpha-amino acid

A. alternata P02PL2

FE

Butylated hydroxyanisole

12.792

C15H24O

220

0.92

Antioxidant [65]

Phenol

2-Fluorobenzoic acid. Heptadecyl ester

14.111

C24H39FO2

378

10.09

Antiangiogenic properties [63]

Benzoic acid

Eicosane

15.134

C20H42

282

0.70

Antibacterial activity [66]

Long chain fatty acid

Dodecane, 2,6,11-trimethyl-

15.896

C15H32

212.41

0.60

Antibacterial activity [67]

Alkane

n-Hexadecanoic acid

18.629

C16H32O2

256

3.59

See above

fatty acid

A. alternata P02MS1

FB

2-Fluorobenzoic acid. Heptadecyl ester

14.222

C24H39FO2

378

17.40

Antiangiogenic properties [63]

Benzoic acid

17-Pentatriacontene

14.539

C35H7O

490

5.73

Antioxidant activity [68]

Alkene

A. alternata P02MS1

FC

2-Fluorobenzoic acid. Heptadecyl ester

13.090

C24H39FO2

378

1.12

Antiangiogenic properties [63]

Benzoic acid

N. oryzae P02MS2A

FB

1-Heptanol, 2,4-dimethyl

10.612

C11H24O

172

1.48

Antifungal activity [69]

Long chain alcohol

2-Fluorobenzoic acid. Heptadecyl ester

14.213

C24H39FO2

378

21.59

Antiangiogenic properties [63]

Benzoic acid

  1. GC – M S Gas chromatography−mass spectrometry, FA, B, C and E Fraction A, B, C and E)