Table 2.
Significant Pearson correlation coefficients between yield and α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition, phenolic contents, and antioxidant activities of various extracts from Phragmanthera capitata as a function of solvent of extraction (regardless the host plant).
| Phenolic contents | Antioxidant properties | Enzyme inhibition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extracts | TPC | TFC | TfnC | TTC | FRAP | α-amylase | α-glucosidase |
| Hexane | −0.573∗∗ | 0.385 ∗ | −0.558∗∗ | −0.452∗ | |||
| Ethyl acetate | 0.868 ∗∗ | 0.529 ∗∗ | |||||
| Ethanol | 0.384 ∗ | −0.497∗∗ | |||||
| Methanol | −0.877∗∗ | −0.504∗∗ | −0.701∗∗ | 0.572 ∗∗ | −0.487∗ | 0.485 ∗ | |
| Aqueous | 0.645 ∗∗ | ||||||
∗ p < 0.05. ∗∗p < 0.01.