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. 2022 Feb 16;11(2):398. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020398

Table 4.

Identification and quantification of the major active components from Portulaca oleracea in different solvent extracts.

Extracting
Solvents
mg/kg
Chlorogenic Acid p-Coumaric Acid Caffeic Acid trans-Ferulic Acid Quercetin Rosmarinic Acid Kaempferol Total Amount
Methanol 2.04 ± 0.74 0.92 ±0.62 1.24 ± 1.62 2.64 ± 1.63 3.84 ± 1.62 1.43 ± 0.82 4.86 ± 1.68 16.97 ± 1.25
Ethanol 4.05 ± 1.26 3.25 ± 1.28 2.84 ± 1.06 5.12 ± 2.41 8.72 ± 1.32 2.24 ± 1.62 24.68 ± 1.88 50.90 ± 1.55
Acetone 0.49 ± 0.42 0.42 ± 0.34 2.21 ± 1.21 1.83 ± 1.85 1.64 ± 1.64 0.52 ± 0.32 4.32 ± 1.96 11.43 ± 1.11
Ethyl acetate 0.79 ± 0.46 0.64 ± 0.41 0.83 ± 0.38 1.24 ± 1.34 3.02 ± 1.04 0.66 ± 0.12 3.67 ± 0.88 10.85 ± 0.66
Chloroform 2.94 ± 0.65 1.16 ± 0.48 2.62 ± 1.23 3.63 ± 4.36 1.42 ± 0.32 1.85 ± 0.66 5.22 ± 6.41 18.84 ± 2.02
Dichloro- methane 0.42 ± 0.42 0.84 ± 0.43 2.04 ± 0.63 1.86 ± 1.42 3.08 ± 1.28 0.53 ± 0.48 3.24 ± 0.68 12.01 ± 0.76
n-Hexane 1.84 ± 0.48 1.83 ± 0.46 2.54 ± 0.65 3.79 ± 1.36 1.76 ± 0.46 1.45 ± 0.67 3.54 ± 1.28 16.75 ± 0.77

Results are expressed as milligrams of each compound in kilograms of extract.