Research Article

In Vitro Cercaricidal Activity, Acute Toxicity, and GC/MS Analysis of Some Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants

Table 5

Chemical constituents present in the methanol extract of S. campanulata stem bark from GC-MS analysis.

Peak numberRetention time (mins)Area %Compound nameMolecular formulaMolecular weight (g/Mol)

19.9116.444Octadecenoic acid, (2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl) methyl ester, cis-C28H44O4444.6
211.452.436Hexadecanoic acid, 1-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-ethanediyl esterC35H68O5568.91
313.786.350n-Hexadecanoic acidC16H32O2256.4
416.402.647Octadecanoic acidC18H36O2284.48