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. 2021 Oct 20;26(21):6343. doi: 10.3390/molecules26216343

Table 2.

Total Phenolic Contents (TPC) and Total Flavonoid Contents (TFC) of selected medicinal and aromatic plants.

Medicinal/Aromatic Plant Common Name Plant Part Solvent Composition Reference
TPC TFC
Acacia gourmaensis 1 Stem bark 70% Ethanol 807.58 271.39 [75]
Eclipta alba  1 False daisy Leaves 42.5 mL Methanol + 7.5 mL 1N HCl 55.32 31.55 [76]
Roots 8.45 4.88
Whole plant 50% Ethanol 98.39 86.53 [73]
Moringa oleifera  1 Moringa Leaves Methanol 76.63 60.26 [77]
Capparis spinosa  2 Caper bush Stem bark 80% Methanol 408.4 157.3 [64]
Shoot 229.2 250.8
Fruit 535.8 283.3
Flowers 416.0 235.6
Roots 531.9 348.6
Coriandrum sativum  3 Coriander Seeds 70% Methanol 289.3 179.6 [61]
Water 250.4 162.6
Thymus vulgaris  4 Common thyme Leaves Water 256 44.2 [29]
Ethanol 158 36.3
Cuminum cyminum  5 Cumin Seeds
(Tunisian)
80% Acetone 18.60 5.91 [63]
Seeds
(Indian)
14.15 4.19
Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. 1 Lemongrass Leaves Methanol 118.14 [62]
Ethanol 35.43
Mentha pulegium  5 Pennyroyal Aerial parts Methanol 18.28 13.76 [40]
Peganum harmala  6 African Rue Seeds 75% Methanol 93.39 1.60 [78]

1 TPC values in mg GAE/g and TFC values in mg QE/g, 2 TPC in mg GAE 100 g−1 and TFC in mg CE 100 g−1, 3 TPC in mg GAE 100 g−1 and TFC in mg QE 100 g−1, 4 TPC in µg GAE/mg and TFC in µg QE/mg, 5 TPC values in mg GAE/g and TFC values in mg CE/g, 6 TPC values in g GAE/kg and TFC values in g QE/kg.