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. 2014 Jul 14;14:241. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-241

Table 2.

Extraction yields and phytochemical composition of the plant extracts

Plant samples Part used in this study and extraction yield (%) Phytochemical composition
Alkaloids Anthocyanines Anthraquinones Flavonoids Phenols Saponins Tannins Sterols Triterpenes
Vepris soyauxii
 Leaves (6.17%),
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
Stem bark (8.58%)
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Root bark (9.26%).
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Peperomia fernandopoiana
 Whole plant (7.28%)
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 -
Crassocephalum biafrae
 Whole plant (4.86%)
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -
Entada gigas
 Leaves (5.86%)
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
 -
 +
 -
 -
Cinchona succirubia
 Leaves (10.18%)
 +
 -
 -
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 -
Stem barks (10.96%)
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
 -
 -
Beilschmiedia obscura
 Fruits (3.37%)
 +
 +
 -
 -
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Pachypodanthium staudtii Leaves (10%)
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
 -
 +
 +
 -
Stems bark (9.4%)
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
 +
 +
Root (6.25%). + + + + + + + - +

(+): present; (-): absent.