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Table 6 Rf values of different phytoconstituents

From: Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare and Trachyspermum ammi

Plants

Alkaloids

Flavonoids

Tannins

Saponins

Cardiac glycosides

 

a

b

a

b

a

b

a

b

a

b

A. graveolens

0.226

0.186, 0.226, 0.426, 0.88

0.243, 0.328, 0.414, 0.757, 0.786

0.243, 0.328, 0.414, 0.757, 0.786

0.296

0.296

0.343, 0.390, 0.484

0.343, 0.390, 0.484, 0.734, 0.765, 0.812

-

0.441

F. vulgare

0.226

0.186, 0.226, 0.386

0.157, 0.286, 0.371

0.157, 0.286, 0.371, 0.657

0.312

0.312

0.328, 0.375, 0.484, 0.562

0.328, 0.375, 0.484, 0.562

-

0.382, 0.441

T. ammi

0.773

0.773

0.157, 0.243, 0.371, 0.457, 0.686, 0.8

0.157, 0.243, 0.371, 0.457, 0.586, 0.686, 0.8

0.296

0.296

0.375, 0.484, 0.546

0.375, 0.484, 0.546, 0.828

0.794

0.441, 0.794

Standard*

-

0.106

 

0.5, 0.557

0.92, 0.968

0.92, 0.968

-

0.093

-

0.514

  1. a: Visible; b: UV 254 nm
  2. *: Atropine (Alkaloid); Rutin (Flavonoid); Catechin (Tannin); Glycyrrhizic acid (Saponins); Lanatoside C (Cardiac glycoside)