Table 2. The volatile compounds of nutmeg seed extracted with 80% ethanol analyzed by GC–MS

RT1) (min)	Volatile compounds	Peak area (×105) (%)2)
41.71	Butylphthalide	17.00±0.68 (1.53)
41.61	Allyl phenoxyacetate	657.83±24.30 (59.11)
39.49	Eugenol acetate	134.23±4.55 (12.06)
39.23	alpha-Selinene	16.31±0.95 (1.47)
34.24	Eugenol	58.35±2.07 (5.24)
27.24	D-Carvone	33.25±5.03 (2.99)
24.64	Dodecane	34.64±1.44 (3.11)
21.49	Pentylbenzene	37.73±1.53 (3.39)
12.01	Decane	38.01±3.54 (3.42)
4.22	Hexanal	33.50±2.99 (3.01)
2.34	2-Methyl-butanal	30.67±1.53 (2.76)
1.98	Acetic acid	21.29±16.88 (1.91)
Total volatiles	1,112.81±65.49 (100)

RT, retention time.
The numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of each component contained in the total volatile components of nutmeg seed extracted with 80% ethanol.