Assessment of Anticholinesterase Activity of Gelidiella acerosa: Implications for Its Therapeutic Potential against Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 5

GC-MS profile of benzene extract of Gelidiella acerosa.

S. no.	Retention time	Name of the compound	Molecular formula	Molecular weight
1	4.70	5-Amino-2-methoxyphenol	C7H9NO2	139
2	8.46	2(4H)-Benzofuranone, 5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,4,7a-trimethyl-	C11H16O2	180
3	8.82	2(1H)-Pyridinethione, 3-hydroxy-	C5H5NOS	127
4	10.17	Eicosane	C20H42	282
5	11.72	2-Pentadecanone,6,10,14-trimethyl-	C18H36O	268
6	12.55	Lanosta-7,9(11)-diene-3a,18,20-triol	C30H50O3	458.71
7	12.67	9-Octadecenoic acid, 12-(acetyloxy)-, methyl ester, [R-(Z)]-	C21H38O4	354
8	14.87	Cyclopentanol, 2,4,4-trimethyl-	C8H16O	128
9	15.00	Phytol	C20H40O	296
10	15.21	Undecanoic acid, 2-methyl-	C12H24O2	200
11	16.01	2-Piperidinone, N-[4-bromo-n-butyl]-	C9H16BrNO	233
12	19.29	2,4-Nonadienal	C9H14O	138.21
13	20.90	1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, diisooctyl ester	C27H46O	386
14	21.22	n-Decanoic acid	C10H20O2	172.26
15	23.16	Heptanal	C7H14O	114.19
16	23.77	Acetophenone	C8H8O	120.15
17	24.86	Benzeneacetic acid, alpha hydroxy-alpha methyl	C9H10O3	166.17
18	26.61	Hexanal	C6H12O	100.16
19	26.71	Octane	C8H18	114.23
20	27.19	Dodecane, 1,2-dibromo	C12H24Br2	328.13
21	27.66	Benzoic acid, 4-[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]-, trimethylsilyl ester	C13H22O3Si2	282.48298
22	29.32	n-Hexadecanoic acid	C16H32O2	256.4241
23	29.46	3-Undecene, 3-methyl-	C12H24	168.323
24	30.02	Nonanal	C9H18O	142.24