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. 2022 Jan 11;10(3):698–711. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2695

TABLE 2.

Contents of phenolic acids and flavonoids identified from aqueous herbal extract by Rp‐HPLC

Compounds Concentration (mg/100 ml of tea)
Hibiscus Ginger
Tannic acid ND 0.21 ± 0.01
Arbutin 1.39 ± 0.05a 7.66 ± 0.40b
Gallic acid 55.21 ± 2.70d 17.32 ± 0.53a
4‐Hydroxybenzoic acid 3.60 ± 0.19b 24.18 ± 1.12d
Catechin 78.25 ± 3.92a 102.8 ± 3.94b
Chlorogenic acid 14.39 ± 0.70b 8.14 ± 0.42a
Caffeic acid 8.43 ± 0.41d 0.83 ± 0.05a
Syringic acid 1.83 ± 0.04c 1.49 ± 0.06b
Vanillic acid 1.24 ± 0.07b 0.95 ± 0.04a
p‐Coumaric acid 3.92 ± 0.17b 2.63 ± 0.11a
Salicylic acid 0.39 ± 0.02a 8.99 ± 0.34d
Rutin 15.34 ± 1.01a 83.37 ± 3.39c
Sinapic acid 0.23 ± 0.02a 0.22 ± 0.01a
Ferulic acid 1.35 ± 0.05c 0.17 ± 0.01a
Ellagic acid 0.89 ± 0.06a 1.63 ± 0.06c
Cinnamic acid 0.19 ± 0.01a 0.33 ± 0.02b
Benzoic acid 4.72 ± 0.30c ND
Myricetin 0.20 ± 0.01a ND
Quercetin 1.74 ± 0.07a ND

Values are mean ± SD of three independent experiments.

Different superscript letters in the same row represent significant (p ≤ .05) difference between hibiscus and ginger teas.