Table 1.

Phenolic composition and antioxidant power of the water-ethanol extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera.

Assays	Extract	Polyphenols  (mg CA/g DE)	Flavonoids  (mg QE/g DE)	Flavonols  (mg QE/g DE)
Phenolic compounds	(100 μg/mL)	273.48 ± 1.82	5.25 ± 0.04	1.61 ±0.07
Total antioxidant activity	(100 μg/mL)		Phosphomolybdate  (mg eq AS/g DE)	FRAP  (mg eq AS/g DE)
			3.94 ± 0.24	30.46 ± 0.26

Values are expressed as mean ± SD of three replicates. Extract:water-ethanol extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruits

mg CA/g DE: mg equivalent of caffeic acid per g dried extract; mg QE/g DE: mg equivalent of quercetin per g of dried extract; mg eq AS/g DE: mg equivalent of ascorbic acid per g of dried extract