Table 2.

Anthocyanin content of promising species that showed higher absorbance reading at 520 nm during the preliminary screening process.

Study species	Plant part used for pigment extraction	Anthocyanin content (mg/L fresh weight)*
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis	Flower	4.63
Melastomamalabathricum	Fruit pulp	8.43
Codiaeumvariegatum	Leaf	2.22

*n = 3.