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. 2012 Nov 9;12:215. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-215

Table 2.

Quantitative analysis of the phytochemical evaluated from the leaf of C. edulis

 
Amount of phytochemical compounds in (mg/g)
  Aqueous Ethanol Acetone Hexane
Phenols (TE/g)
517.71 ± 0.40
330.87 ± 0.04 b
557.11 ± 0.23 a
64.14 ± 0.15 b
Flavonoids (QE/g)
0.29 ± 0.01 b
0.28 ± 0.01 b
0.65 ± 0.04 b
1.19 ± 0.041 b
Flavonols (QE/g)
0.05 ± 0.001 a
0.05 ± 0.001 a
0.23 ± 0.05 a
0.19 ± 0.03 a
Proanthocy-anidins(CE/g)
896.7 ± 0.05 b
115.28± 0.007 a
753.87 ± 0.02 b
134.91 ± 0.01 a
Tannins (ND)
461 ± 0.07 a
489 ± 0.28 b
384 ± 0.14 a
64 ± 0.14 b
Saponins (ND)
34 ± 0.21 a
45 ± 0.26 a
11 ± 0.071 b
2 ± 0.035 b
Alkaloides (ND) 45 ± 0.06 b 38 ± 0.02 b 31 ± 0.021 b 3 ± 0.014 b

Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation of the mean (n = 3). ND: not detected; (TE) tannic acid equivalent; (QE) quercetin equivalent; (CE) catechin equivalent.٭Values within a column followed by the same superscript are not significantly different at 95% confidence interval.