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Table 2 Total phenolic and flavonoid contents for Australian aboriginal and Indian Ayurvedic plant extracts

From: Enzyme inhibitory and antioxidant activities of traditional medicinal plants: Potential application in the management of hyperglycemia

  Plant extract

TPC (μg GAE/mg extract)

TFC (μg QE/mg extract)

Santalum spicatum

0.87 ± 0.11

1.37 ± 0.11

Acacia ligulata

0.95 ± 0.06

1.52 ± 0.36

Euphorbia drummondii

0.93 ± 0.01

0.51 ± 0.12

Beyeria leshnaultii

0.42 ± 0.038

1.34 ± 0.21

Acacia kempeana

1.47 ± 0.075

1.78 ± 0.15

Acacia tetragonophylla

0.56 ± 0.17

0.94 ± 0.13

Santalum lanceolatum

1.28 ± 0.035

1.35 ± 0.18

Eugenia jambolana

28.31 ± 0.22

10.72 ± 0.44

Curculigo orchoides

15.17 ± 0.42

22.18 ± 0.43

Pterocarpus marsupium

30.27 ± 0.88

32.94 ± 3.24

Boerhaavia diffusa

5.54 ± 0.24

3.58 ± 0.61

Mucuna pruriens

5.83 ± 0.57

13.25 ± 3.7

  1. TPC – total phenolic content, TFC – total flavonoid content.
  2. GAE- gallic acid equivalent, QE- quercetin equivalent.
  3. The results are average of triplicate analysis (n = 3; data expressed as mean ± SD).
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