Table 1. Contents of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b in eight extracts obtained using various solvents.

Solvent	Yield (mg/gDw)
	Chlorophyll a	Chlorophyll b
Petroleum ether	N/A	N/A
n-Hexane	N/A	N/A
Diethyl ether	20.5	7.1
n-Butanol	24.9	7.5
Ethyl acetate	27.3	13.6
Acetone	31.6	14.2
Methanol	37.4	16.3
Ethanol	39.6	17.3

gDW: gram dry weight

N/A: not available