Development, Characterisation, and Performance Evaluation of Some Indigenous Plants for Faecal Sludge Treatment in Ghana

Table 1

List of chemical constituents identified in the ‘Yila’ plant using GC-MS analysis.

S/No.	Retention time	Probable compounds	Percentage probability
1.	8.059	Sucrose	45.5
2.	10.259	1. 6-Hydroxy-9-oxa-bicyclo [3,3,1] nonan-3-one	16.0
		2. Dodecanoic acid	8.74
		3. Hexanoic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester	8.4
3.	10.993	1. Myo-inositol,2-C-methyl	18.4
		2. Myo-inositol, 4-C-methyl	15.6
		3. 3-O-methyl-d-glucose	11.3
4.	11.836	1. 4(1E)-3-Hydroxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxyphenol	73.5
5.	13.871	1. Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester	65
6.	14.293	1. n-Hexadecanoic acid	76.6
7	16.145	1. Benzylcinnamate	11.7
		2. 2-propenoicacid, 3-phenyl,phenylmethyl ester(E)	10.4
8.	16.64	1. Cis-vaccenoic acid	12.5
		2. Cis-13-octadecanoic acid	9.35
		3. Trans-13-octadecanoic acid	8.98
9.	16.92	Octadecanoic acid	38.9
10.	25.386	1. 17.Alfa.21á-28,30-Bisno-hypane	11.2
		2. 4-(3,3-Dimethyl-but-1-ynyl)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6	7.69
		Trimethylcyclohex-2-enone
11.	28.576	1. 2,4(IH)-Cyclo-3,4-secoakuammilanium,3,17-dihydroxyl-16(methoxycarbonyl)-4methyl-, (3á,16R)-2. 1-cyclopropyl-6,7,8-trifluoro-4-oxo-dyhydroquinoline-3-	28.6
		Carboxylic acid	6.41
		3. 2-Methoxy-4-methyl-10H-acridin-9-one	4.4