Research Article
In Vitro Cercaricidal Activity, Acute Toxicity, and GC/MS Analysis of Some Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants
Table 4
Chemical constituents present in the methanol extract of M. charantia leaves from GC-MS analysis.
| | Peak number | Retention time (mins) | Area % | Compound name | Molecular formula | Molecular weight (g/Mol) |
| | 1 | 3.20 | 1.505 | 1-Chloromethyl-1-(2-propenyloxy)-1-silacyclohexane | C7H13Cl | 132.63 | | 2 | 6.152 | 1.711 | Thymol | C10H14O | 150.22 | | 3 | 12.64 | 2.681 | 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol | C20H40O | 296.5 | | 4 | 14.128 | 20.503 | n-Hexadecanoic acid | C16H32O2 | 256.4 | | 5 | 16.071 | 9.356 | Phytol | C20H40O | 128.17 |
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