Table 1.
Aqueous ethanol extracts of propolis (EEP) | Total phenolic contents (mg GAE/g extracts) | Total flavonoid contents (mg CE/g extracts) |
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Water extracts of propolis (WEP) | 369.31 ± 26.87ab | 352.32 ± 0.67a |
25% ethanol extracts of propolis (25% EEP) | 386.49 ± 17.36a | 504.18 ± 32.10b |
50% ethanol extracts of propolis (50% EEP) | 355.71 ± 31.35ab | 620.80 ± 4.08c |
75% ethanol extracts of propolis (75% EEP) | 341.05 ± 14.89b | 697.36 ± 6.15d |
95% ethanol extracts of propolis (95% EEP) | 312.65 ± 24.13cb | 637.84 ± 8.13cd |
100% ethanol extracts of propolis (100% EEP) | 273.94 ± 1.76d | 673.24 ± 5.96d |
Note: Water extracts of propolis were expressed as WEP. Extracts of propolis using 25%, 50%, 75%, 95%, and 100% (in water, v/v) aqueous ethanol solvents were expressed as 25% EEP, 50% EEP, 75% EEP, 95% EEP, and 100% EEP, respectively. TPC was expressed as milligram of gallic acid equivalent per gram of propolis extracts (mg GAE/g extracts). TFC was expressed as milligram of rutin equivalent per gram of propolis extracts (mg RE/g extracts). Dates are mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Values in the same column followed by the same lower case letter are not significantly different by Duncan's multiple range test (P < 0.05).