## 4 Conclusions  
Plants will continue to play an important role in the discovery and development of new antioxidants. According to the findings, the Mauritian endemic fruit _T. ficus_ contains significant amounts of phytochemicals with significant antioxidant potential. Through positive reaction with the respective test reagent, qualitative phytochemical screening of extracts revealed the presence of phenols, flavonoids, terpen, coumarins, alkaloids, and tannins. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline
**Molecular Mass** & **Retention Time/min** & **Corresponding Compounds** & **Compound Class** \\ \hline
257.11 & 1.82 & 5-methylcytidine & glycoside \\
259.13 & 4.00 & 1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-dichloropiperidin-2-one & alkaloid \\
252.09 & 14.41 & 7-hydroxy-3-methylflavone & flavonoid \\  & & (3-chlorophenyl) (4-chloropyrididin-3-yl) methanone & anthocyanin \\
317.21 & 26.72 & petunidol, petunidin, myrrillidin & flavonoid \\
202.22 & 29.40 & spermine, ornithine & amino acid \\
240.23 & 32.96 & 6-hydroxyflavanone & flavonoid \\
353.23 & 40.18 & chelidonine & alkaloid \\
377.27 & 58.17 & 3-hydroxypropyl-glucoseionate & glucosinolate \\
413.27 & 61.90 & Ile-pro-ile, trimethylsilyl ester & ester \\
191.02 & 1.82, 2.49 & Protocatechuic acid-3-glucose & phenolics \\
333.12 & 3.80 & 3-Cyano-4’:iodobenzophenone & phenolics \\
559.28 & 22.19 & 2-[bis]2-[bis]2-[bis(carboxymethyl)aminoylethyl]aminoacetic acid & organic acid \\
327.22 & 37.87 & guiaoulide-(16) & terpene \\
309.24 & 59.25 & bevacizumab & alkaloid \\
197.81 & 74.53 & 2-hydroxybenzophenone & phenolic \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 5: List of compounds identified from LC-MS analysis. A significant amount of phenolics and flavonoids were discovered through quantitative phytochemical analysis. However, it was the terpene content that stood out the most. The antioxidant potential of the fruit extracts, particularly the ethanol fraction, was revealed by the ABTS assay. There were strong correlations between flavonoid composition and antioxidant potential. The UV-VIS and FTIR spectroscopy results corroborated the phytochemical test results. Through LC-MS screening, a few interesting compounds were discovered. In conclusion, the fruit is high in terpenes, but more research is needed, particularly to determine the content of individual terpene compounds. It also has antioxidant potential, which can be attributed to the flavonoids found in the fruit, making it a valuable source of bioactive compounds for the development of novel functional products in a variety of industries, particularly the food and pharmaceutical industries. However, more research is needed to learn about the fruit's toxicity. The following supporting information can be downloaded at: [[https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/app131910908/s1](https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/app131910908/s1)]([https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/app131910908/s1](https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/app131910908/s1)), Table S1. Peak information of T. _ficus_ fruit flesh extracts; Table S2. FTIR peaks interpretation of freeze-dried powdered _T. ficus_ flesh; Table S3. FTIR peaks interpretation of ethanol extract of _T. ficus_ flesh; Figure S1. _T. ficus_ preparation, A. Dissection picture of _T. ficus_ showing yellow flesh and white seed; B. Dried _T. ficus_ flesh; C. Dried _T. ficus_ powder; D. Picture of rotator used to macerate _T. ficus_ powder; Figure S2. LC-MS chromatogram of methanol extract of _T. ficus_. Conceptualization, J.H. ; methodology, J.H. and R.O. ; software, C.B. ; validation, J.H., R.O. and J.G.S. ; formal analysis, C.B. ; investigation, C.B., R.O., J.G.S. and V.M.R.S. ; resources, J.H. ; data curation, C.B. and R.O. ; writing--original draft preparation, C.B. ; writing--review and editing, J.H. ; visualization, J.G.S. and V.M.R.S. ; supervision, J.H., J.G.S. and V.M.R.S. ; project administration, J.G.S. and J.H. ; funding acquisition, J.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.