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Oils were obtained from unripe and ripe fruits of Solanum lycocarpum. In this study, the volatile and semi-volatile compounds of oils were characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Oil of unripe fruits (OUF) of S. lycocarpum exhibited principally fatty acids, esters, hydrocarbons and sterols. However, oil of ripe fruits (ORF) presented the major compounds esters and sterols. In OUF-7, the predominant compound was octadecanoic acid (73.37%), in ORF-2, octadecanoic acid octadecyl ester (59.30%) and in ORF-3, hexadecanoic acid hexadecyl ester (97.98%). Sitosterol, identified in OUF-2 and OUF-6, is predominant sterol found in various species of Solanum can have chemotaxonomy importance for this genus. This is the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that volatile and semi-volatile compounds of oils from S. lycocarpum fruits have been characterized.

A gas chromatographic—mass spectrometric analysis was used to separate and identify abnormal compounds in the nail of psoriatic patients. The nail was extracted with heated ethanol, and the extract was analyzed with and without trimethylsilylation. Tetradecanoic acid octadecyl ester, hexadecanoic acid octadecyl ester and octadecanoic acid octadecyl ester were first identified in the psoriatic nail, but were not detected in normal nail.