ABSTRACT. The chemical constituents of the methanolic extract Emex spinosa shoots were primarily characterized by gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS), forty components identified. major ethyl 2-hydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylate (10.11%), 3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyran-4-one (38.09%), 2-propyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-ol (5.75%), oleic acid (8.02%), and methyl (E)-octad...