Table 2.
Total phenolic and flavonoid contents of different extracts of plant materials.
| S. no. | Plant sample | TPC (%) Mean ± SD |
TFC (%) Mean ± SD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WE | EE | HEE | WE | EE | HEE | ||
| 1 | Phyllanthus emblica | 31.25 ± 0.94 | 27.55 ± 0.54∗ | 42.35 ± 1.70∗∗∗ | 16.24 ± 1.91 | 10.21 ± 1.09∗∗ | 20.15 ± 1.22∗ |
| 2 | Piper nigrum | 12.31 ± 1.21 | 10.54 ± 0.90ns | 20.38 ± 2.16∗∗ | 06.44 ± 0.79 | 05.24 ± 0.84ns | 11.56 ± 1.49∗∗ |
| 3 | Withania somnifera | 26.25 ± 0.45 | 22.75 ± 1.02ns | 38.42 ± 1.54∗∗∗ | 11.24 ± 1.15 | 09.92 ± 0.99ns | 19.58 ± 1.58∗∗∗ |
| 4 | Tinospora cordifolia | 14.11 ± 1.10 | 11.85 ± 0.94ns | 19.30 ± 1.24∗∗ | 06.55 ± 0.62 | 04.18 ± 0.83ns | 14.85 ± 1.88∗∗∗ |
| 5 | Curcuma longa | 09.91 ± 0.17 | 8.12 ± 0.90ns | 12.78 ± 1.10∗ | 05.87 ± 1.14 | 04.09 ± 0.80ns | 13.77 ± 1.30∗∗∗ |
| 6 | Ocimum sanctum | 17.21 ± 1.26 | 13.89 ± 0.95∗ | 26.48 ± 1.55∗∗∗ | 10.45 ± 1.67 | 07.35 ± 0.77ns | 18.08 ± 2.62∗∗ |
| 7 | Azadirachta indica | 25.54 ± 1.00 | 19.57 ± 0.68∗ | 34.46 ± 2.99∗∗ | 14.45 ± 1.54 | 12.34 ± 1.91ns | 17.64 ± 1.15ns |
| 8 | Achillea millefolium | 14.21 ± 1.05 | 13.54 ± 1.15ns | 19.51 ± 2.18∗ | 06.87 ± 0.86 | 04.28 ± 0.80∗ | 10.24 ± 0.81∗∗ |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparison tests. Compared to WE (water extract): ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001; ns p>0.05. ∗TPC = total phenolic content; TFC = total flavonoid content; WE = water extract; EE = ethanolic extract; HEE = hydroethanolic extract.