Antioxidant activity, total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of whole plant extracts Torilis leptophylla L

Table 2 Total phenolics, flavonoid and extraction yield of methanol extract and soluble fractions of T. leptophylla

Plant extracts	Total phenolics (mg gallic acid equivalent/g)	Total flavonoid (mg rutin equivalent/g)	Extraction yield (%)
Methanol extract	121.9±3.1^c	59.6±1.5^c	11.5±1.6^d
n-Hexane fraction	54.9±2.8^a	15.8±0.9^a	5.4±1.3^b
Chloroform fraction	78.0±1.1^b	26.0±1.9^b	4.3±0.4^a
Ethyl acetate fraction	80.0±5.2^b	60.9±2.2^c	6.1±0.8^b
n-Butanol fraction	80.9±2.9^b	55.0±2.5^c	4.8±1.1^a
Residual aqueous fraction	49.9±4.1^a	14.9±0.4^a	8.2±0.9^c

Each value in the table is represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Values in the same column followed by a different letter (^a-d) are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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