Table 1.

Chemical composition of ethanolic extract of E. hirta tentatively identified by GC-MS.

S. No.	RT a	Name of Compounds b	Molecular Formula	MW	Area (%) c
1	9.66	2,3-Dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one	C6H8O4	144	2.54
2	12.06	5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxaldehyde	C6H6O3	126	7.82
3	16.39	1,2,3-Trihydroxybenzene	C6H6O3	126	3.72
4	25.51	Myristic acid	C14H28O2	228	1.03
5	30.48	Pentadecylic acid	C15H30O2	242	13.27
6	31.34	Ethyl palmitate	C18H36O2	284	7.47
7	35.11	Phytol	C20H40O	296	3.93
8	35.81	Methyl linoleate	C19H34O2	294	7.29
9	36.00	9,12,15-Octadecatrien-1-ol	C18H32O	264	18.56
10	36.47	7,10-Octadecadienoic acid methyl ester	C19H34O2	294	6.22
11	36.65	Ethyl linoleolate	C20H34O2	306	7.7
12	37.25	Ethyl stearate	C20H40O2	312	2.18
13	48.78	Ethyl hexadecanoate	C18H36O2	284	0.44
14	49.43	Squalene	C30H50	410	1.63
15	54.41	gamma-Tocopherol	C28H48O2	417	0.76
					84.56 #

^a Retention Time on compounds on Rtx-5MS capillary column. ^b Compounds tentatively identified based on retention time and elution order as well as the fragmentation pattern described in the literature. ^c Relative peak area percentage (peak area relative to the total peak area %). ^# Sum of peak area percentage in the GC-MS chromatogram.