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Table legend:

Retention Peak Area
Sl No Compounds Plant parts
Time (RT) (PA) %
Myristic acid, methyl ester
1 Flower FE- 16.879 FE- 0.13
(C15H30O2)
Leaf LE- 19.425 LE- 1.77

2 Palmitic acid (C16H32O2) Flower FE- 19.438 FE- 6.52
Stem SE- 19.426 SE- 2.93
Leaf LE- 19.002 LE- 1.63
Palmitic acid, methyl ester
3 Flower FE- 19.000 FE- 3.50
(C17H34O2)
Stem SE- 19.005 SE- 1.39

Flower FE- 21.097 FE- 10.60
4 Linoleic acid (C18H32O2)
Stem SE- 21.067 SE- 0.42
Leaf LE- 20.641 LE- 0.72
Linoleic acid, methyl ester
5 Flower FE- 20.642 FE- 8.82
(C19H34O2)
Stem SE- 20.643 SE- 1.18
6
α-Linolenic acid (C18H30O2) Stem SE- 21.126 SE- 1.56

Linolenic acid, methyl ester Leaf LE- 20.700 LE- 1.28
7
(C19H32O2) Stem SE- 20.702 SE- 1.43
Leaf LE- 26.781 LE- 0.18
Lignoceric acid methyl ester
8 Flower FE- 26.778 FE- 0.19
(C25H50O2)
Stem SE- 26.785 SE- 0.19
Leaf LE- 11.810 LE- 0.20
9 Pipecolinic acid (C6H11NO2) Flower FE- 11.817 FE- 0.11
Stem SE- 11.817 SE- 0.42
10
Stearic acid (C18H36O2) Flower FE- 21.329 FE- 2.57

Stearic acid, methyl ester Leaf LE- 20.935 LE- 0.29
11
(C19H38O2) Flower FE- 20.934 FE- 2.10
Eicosanoic acid, methyl ester
12 Flower FE- 22.762 FE- 0.28
(C21H42O2)
Behenic acid, methyl ester Leaf LE- 24.973 LE- 0.19
13
(C23H46O2) Flower FE- 24.971 FE- 0.16
Tricosanoic acid, methyl ester
14 Flower FE- 25.898 FE- 0.06
(C24H48O2)
Table 1 Fatty acids and their methyl esters identified by GC-MS analysis of methanol extracts

of Spilanthes acmella. LE: Leaf Extract; FE: Flower Extract and SE: Stem Extract

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