Chemical profile and in vivo hypoglycemic effects of Syzygium jambos, Costus speciosus and Tapeinochilos ananassae plant extracts used as diabetes adjuvants in Puerto Rico

Table 3 Quantitative analysis of plant extracts

Plant Extract	Flavonoids (±SD mg QE/g DW)	Total Phenolic Content (± SD mg QE/mg extract)		Tannin Content (± mg Tannic acid eq/g FW)	Saponins (± SD % mg Quillaja/mg DW	Alkaloids (± SD % μg Nicotine eq/mg FW)
Plant Extract	Flavonoids (±SD mg QE/g DW)	Methanolic	Aqueous	Tannin Content (± mg Tannic acid eq/g FW)	Saponins (± SD % mg Quillaja/mg DW	Methanolic	Aqueous
S.jambos	24.3 ± 1.3^a	0.45 ± 0.09^a	0.18 ± 0.04^a	3.361 ± 0.004^a	0.6 ± 0.3	nd^a	1.80 ± 0.10^a
T. ananasse	29.8 ± 0.0^b	0.14 ± 0.02^b	0.034 ± 0.005^b	10.337 ± 0.008^b	0.4 ± 0.4	6.90 ± 0.17^b	5.20 ± 0.43^b
C. speciosus	15.8 ± 0.9^c	0.35 ± 0.01^a	0.060 ± 0.002^c	1.516 ± 0.008^c	0.2 ± 0.3	806.0 ± 172.0^c	3.49 ± 0.15^c

ND Not detected. Values are mean ± SD. Different letters show significant differences, P < 0.05

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