. 2022 Nov 16;2022:7794227. doi: 10.1155/2022/7794227

Table 2.

Total phenolics and total flavonoid contents of immature and mature leaf extracts of B. balsamifera using different eluting solvents.

Treatment		TPC (mg GAE/g DW)	TFC (mg QE/g DW)
Maturity	Solvent	TPC (mg GAE/g DW)	TFC (mg QE/g DW)
Immature		44.47 ± 41.16^a	110.30 ± 96.55^a
Mature		30.94 ± 34.93^b	86.94 ± 89.43^b
F-test (maturity)		^∗∗	^∗∗
	Water	25.74 ± 8.95^b	67.07 ± 18.95^b
	50% EtOH	98.14 ± 12.84^a	250.31 ± 25.59^a
	95% EtOH	25.24 ± 9.29^b	45.56 ± 2.48^c
	Hexane	1.68 ± 0.53^c	31.53 ± 3.67^d
F-test (solvent)		^∗∗	^∗∗
F-test (maturity ^∗ solvent)		^∗∗	ns
Immature	Water	33.66 ± 3.14^c	84.33 ± 1.80^c
	50% EtOH	108.69 ± 7.48^a	267.18 ± 8.14^a
	95% EtOH	33.46 ± 2.83^c	56.09 ± 4.57^d
	Hexane	2.06 ± 0.33^e	33.61 ± 3.84^ef
Mature	Water	17.83 ± 1.66^d	49.81 ± 0.97^de
	50% EtOH	87.59 ± 4.74^b	233.44 ± 26.77^b
	95% EtOH	17.02 ± 2.25^d	35.04 ± 2.48^ef
	Hexane	1.30 ± 0.40^e	29.45 ± 2.42^f
F-test		^∗∗	^∗∗
C.V. (%)		9.58	10.36

The data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Values in the same column followed by different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 according to Duncan's multiple range test; ns = not significant; ^∗∗ = significant at P < 0.01 level.