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Table 1 Total flavonoid content in S. xanthocarpum fruit extracts and Rf value of spots on chromatogram

From: Medicinal attributes of Solanum xanthocarpum fruit consumed by several tribal communities as food: an in vitro antioxidant, anticancer and anti HIV perspective

Extracts

Flavonoids (μg QE/mg)

Rf values

HX

71.82 ± 0.08

0.05b

0.22a

0.35b

0.42a

0.50b

0.59ad

-

-

BZ

69.76 ± 0.12

0.05a

0.22a

0.35b

0.42ad

0.51b

0.64ad

-

-

CH

59.51 ± 0.13

0.03bd

0.05a

0.22ad

0.35b

0.42ad

0.53b

0.70ad

-

EA

162.49 ± 0.15

0.06ad

0.22ad

0.35b

0.42ad

0.62bd

0.71a

-

-

AC

148.07 ± 0.18

0.05acd

0.14a

0.27ad

0.31b

0.44ad

0.57acd

0.69a

0.77b

ET

71.43 ± 0.14

0.05acd

0.14b

0.27ad

0.45ad

0.58acd

-

-

-

AQ

10.22 ± 0.12

0.00acd

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Abbreviations: HX hexane, BZ benzene, CH chloroform, EA ethyl acetate, AC acetone, ET ethyl alcohol, AQ water.
  2. Values with superscript ‘a’ indicates spots on the untreated chromatogram; ‘b’ indicates additional spots visualized after 10% H2SO4 treatment; ‘c’ indicates water soluble phenolics after treatment with FCR reagent (1:1 in water); and ‘d’ denotes phytoconstituent spots having DPPH radical scavenging ability.