Table 1.

The quantification of major phyto-constituents present in the ethanolic extract of Aspalathus linearis and its fractions; using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography—Quantitative Time of Flight.

Compounds	Quantification (µgcompound/mgsample injected ± SDs)
	Crude extract	Hexane Fraction	DCMb fraction	EtOAcc fraction	EtOHd fraction	AcOHe fraction	Water fraction
Aspalathin (1)	338.96 ± 1.90	NDa	0.69 ± 0.82	704.08 ± 12.05	364.98 ± 5.85	95.14 ± 0.91	191.84 ± 2.68
Caffeic acid (2)	0.05 ± 0.003	0.02 ± 0.05	0.02 ± 0.05	0.02 ± 0.05	0.04 ± 0.004	0.04 ± 0.005	0.05 ± 0.004
Catechin (3)	0.79 ± 0.25	0.36 ± 0.18	0.32 ± 0.17	1.85 ± 0.44	1.84 ± 0.44	0.32 ± 0.17	0.46 ± 0.19
Cinnamic acid (4)	1.80 ± 0.82	1.00 ± 0.85	1.70 ± 0.82	2.21 ± 0.80	0.03 ± 0.88	2.15 ± 0.80	0.77 ± 0.85
Ferulic acid (5)	0.007 ± 0.01	0.022 ± 0.004	0.424 ± 0.05	0.411 ± 0.05	0.016 ± 0.01	0.031 ± 0.003	0.034 ± 0.002
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid (6)	3.07 ± 0.41	2.89 ± 0.38	0.57 ± 0.09	6.42 ± 0.83	4.02 ± 0.53	1.59 ± 0.22	4.60 ± 0.60
Isoquercitrin (7)	5.07 ± 1.10	8.92 ± 0.89	134.49 ± 6.02	NDa	8.61 ± 0.90	73.50 ± 2.67	NDa
Luteolin (8)	0.01 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.02
p-Coumaric acid (9)	0.001 ± 0.003	NDa	0.145 ± 0.06	0.015 ± 0.003	NDa	0.020 ± 0.01	0.001 ± 0.003
n-Propyl gallate (10)	0.088 ± 0.004	0.088 ± 0.003	0.088 ± 0.003	0.094 ± 0.001	0.086 ± 0.004	0.085 ± 0.004	0.101 ± 0.001
Quercetin (11)	8.61 ± 0.43	7.37 ± 0.47	0.82 ± 0.67	14.68 ± 0.25	10.46 ± 0.37	4.57 ± 0.55	10.29 ± 0.38
Rosmarinic acid (12)	0.24 ± 0.09	0.08 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.04	0.09 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.03
Syringic acid (13)	0.12 ± 0.003	0.09 ± 0.004	0.09 ± 0.004	0.07 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.004	0.09 ± 0.004	0.07 ± 0.01
Vanillic acid (14)	0.12 ± 0.001	0.34 ± 0.001	0.24 ± 0.001	NDa	0.01 ± 0.001	NDa	0.13 ± 0.001
Vitexin (15)	5.61 ± 0.59	6.20 ± 0.69	0.56 ± 0.23	15.95 ± 2.27	9.64 ± 1.25	4.21 ± 0.36	9.48 ± 1.22

^aND not detected.

^bDichloromethane.

^cEthyl acetate.

^dEthanol.

^eAcetic acid.