Valorization of Food Waste to Produce Eco-Friendly Means of Corrosion Protection and “Green” Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Table 3

GC-MS analysis results of the sugar beet pulp extract.

RT (min)^a	Compound	RI^b	Percentage (%)
5.21	1-Methyl-4-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohex-1-ene^a	—	3.7
5.79	Unknown		—
6.96	(2S, 3R, 4S, 5R)-2, 3, 4, 5-Tetrahydroxy-6-oxo-hexanoic acid^a	—	36.9
9.24	(E)-3-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl)prop-2-enoic acid^a,b	2091	4.4
10.32	Sophorose^a	—	11.2
10.48	Unknown	—	—
12.51	Unknown	—	—

^aRT: retention time; STD: standard compound; NIST 14. ^bRI: Kovats retention indices (RI) determined using a commercial hydrocarbon mixture (C9–C25) on the HP-5MS column.