Table 3 Percentage yield, total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of crude acetone extracts of leaves of ten Ficus species

Ficus capreifolia

2.32

4.73 ± 0.26^c

0.34 ± 0.05^c

Ficus cordata

2.65

8.23 ± 1.00^d

0.27 ± 0.03^c

Ficus craterostoma

2.60

9.80 ± 0.93^d

0.66 ± 0.06^d

Ficus glumosa

2.60

19.24 ± 0.79^e

1.29 ± 0.30^e

Ficus lutea

3.70

56.85 ± 1.82^f

4.80 ± 0.90^f

Ficus natalensis

2.35

4.75 ± 0.92^c

0.69 ± 0.08^d

Ficus polita

3.15

8.04 ± 0.52^d

0.31 ± 0.06^c

Ficus religiosa

2.45

5.40 ± 0.35^c

0.59 ± 0.18^c

Ficus sycomorus

2.60

12.33 ± 0.26^e

1.91 ± 0.19^e

Ficus thonningii

2.40

4.64 ± 0.48^c

0.77 ± 0.06^d