Phytochemical Studies of Prunus Domestica Linn Shoots Extract and Its Corrosion Inhibition Potential

This project aims to study the phytochemical constituents of Prunus domestica shoots extract by GC-MS & FTIR techniques and to investigate its corrosion inhibition potential by Tafel techniques. Ethanolic extract of P. domestica was fractionated using an n-hexane solvent, which was further resolved via column chromatography using different solvents (non-polar to the polar solvent). Three major subfractions were obtained from the n-hexane fraction; subjected to further analysis. These subfractions mainly constituted esters, alkanes, and alcohols and exhibited corrosion inhibition potential of up to 95.78%. It was established that P. domestica Linn shoot extract has good potential to serve as a green corrosion inhibitor.