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. 2013 Jun 13;18(6):6919–6935. doi: 10.3390/molecules18066919

Table 2.

A comparison of the use of different volumes of the menstruum (n = 3).

Different volumes of the menstruum Cryptotanshinone (%) Tanshinone I (%) Tanshinone IIA (%)
M5 0.1506 0.1412 0.1871
M6 0.1483 0.1384 0.1832
RSD (%) 1.09 1.42 1.49

M5: 2 g of the S. miltiorrhiza Bunge powder was extracted with 50 mL of refluxing acetone for 2 h, equal to 25 times the acetone. M6: 2 g of the powder was extracted with 8 times the amount of refluxing acetone (16 mL) for 2 h.