“…Compounds of other classes like alkane (Heptane, 3,3-dimethyl), alkene (Neophytadiene), cycloalkene derivatives (1,3-cyclohexadiene, 5-(1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl and 3-methyl-5-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-YL)-), phenol (Phenol, 3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl) and ether (1,3-Propanediol, decyl ethyl ether) have been also obtained in the present study using Anabaena variabilis NCCU-441 extract. Previous study have also reported some related compounds like Heptane, 2,5,5-trimethyl-, a derivative of Heptane, 3,3-dimethyl from Nostoc muscorum NCCU-442 45 , Neophytadiene from Plectranthus amboinicus 46 , 1,3-cyclohexadiene, 5-(1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl from Zingiber officinal 47 , Phenol, 3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl from Calothrix brevisimma 43 , 2 4 –Dimethylheptane, a derivative of 3,3-Dimethylheptane from Pulicaria undulata 48 , 1,3-Propanediol-2-ethyl-2-hydroxymethyl, a derivative of 1,3-Propanediol, decyl ethyl ether from Lycium chinense Miller fruits 49 were also reported with good reducing ability. Thus, all these compounds from cyanobacterial extract are the probable reducing agents that reduce sodium selenite to B-SeNPs.…”