Phenolic compounds dissolve easily in methanol and when injected into HPLC for separation, they have a suitable distribution coeffiicient in the most commonly used mobile phase systems for HPLC of phenolic compounds, that enable their separation.
is by convention, not necessarily should be dissolved in methanol. Can be dissolved in ethanol or another solvent provided they do not interfere with column.
Phenolic compounds dissolve easily in methanol and when injected into HPLC for separation, they have a suitable distribution coeffiicient in the most commonly used mobile phase systems for HPLC of phenolic compounds, that enable their separation.
Since Phenolic compounds dissolve easily in methanol and Methanol is commonly used as mobile phase for RP-HPLC separation, the sample are dissolved in methanol and prepared methanol extract. You can also used ethanol for ethanol extract preparation. Because polarity between MeOH and EtOH is almost same.