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. 2014 Sep 23;52(8):5180–5187. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1564-7

Table 1.

Yield and phenolic content of R. fruticosus leaves extract with various solvents

Solvent Yield (%) Phenolic content (μg gallic acid/ ml extract) Total antioxidant activity (nmol of α-tocopherol/g) Reducing power (μg/ml) IC50 (μg/ml)
Methanol 15.43 ± 0.01a 108.64 ± 0.33a 508.61 ± 1.2a 157.32 ± 0.13d 65.043 ± 0.42d
Water 11.87 ± 0.03b 86.88 ± 0.24b 352.88 ± 0.16c 333.34 ± 0.17b 120.064 ± 0.56b
Acetone 6.52 ± 0.06c 57.55 ± 0.65c 192.53 ± 0.18d 615.45 ± 1.2a 230.217 ± 0.04a
BHA 425.4 ± 0.15b 214.3 ± 0.196c 88.99 ± 0.16c
BHT 177.4 ± 0.06e 176.3 ± 0.2e 41.61 ± 0.1e

Means within a column with the same lowercase letters are not significantly different at p > 0.05