Volume 59, Issue 330, June 2023

Overview of SM and GF plant water-based extract phytochemical composition using FT-IR spectrum

Ukpaka CP¹, Chioma Onwubiko Hosanna², Achadu N Abah³

¹Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University Port Harcourt, PMB 5058, Rivers State, Nigeria
²Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University Port Harcourt, PMB 5058, Rivers State, Nigeria
³Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The composition of two water-based plants, Selaginella myosurus (SM) - (stems and leafs) and Pneumatopteris pennigera (Gully fern, GF: Fronds). These plants live, feed and reproduce in stagnant water in absence of which dries up, in which the GF & SM plants extracts were further analysed using FT – IR spectrum. The aim and objectives of this research is to examine the characteristics and properties of the SM & GF test inhibitors in terms of classification of quality of the specimen of the plant extracts and check if it attains high degree of corrosion inhibition due to the presence of phytochemical molecules contained in the prepared plant extract(s) capable of inhibiting corrosion on the carbon steel metal samples surfaces. The phytochemical properties of the plants show good as well as revealing the significance of the plant extracts as a useful raw material for industrial application in controlling metal corrosion.

Keywords: Overview, plant extracts, phytochemical, water-based plant, composition, FT – IR spectrum

Discovery, 2023, 59, e72d1241

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Published: June 2023