GC-MS analysis of bioactive compounds in methanolic stem extract of Equisetum debile Roxb. ex Vaucher: An endangered medicinal plant

Abstract

The present study, the bioactive compounds of Equisetum debile stem powder extracted with methanol was analyzed by using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy. GC-MS analysis of E.debile stem extract revealed the existence of major peaks presentenced in methanol were Sym-Tetra methyl dimethoxy disiloxane (R.T:2.59); 1-(-4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy phenyl)-1-ethoxyacetic acid ethyl easter (R.T:7.16); 2- Pentadecanone (R.T: 18.11); Hexadecanoic acid (R.T:18.94); 9-Octadecenal (R.T: 21.22); Stigmast-5-en-3-ol (R.T:28.61).