Anti-Onchocerca activity and phytochemical analysis of an essential oil from Cyperus articulatus L

Table 1 Yield of extracts of roots/rhizomes of C. articulatus using solvents of increasing polarity

Name of plant	Plant part used	Mass of dry powder or residue (approx.)/g	Solvent	Mass of extract/g	% Recovery of extract	Extract code
Cyperus articulatus	Root/rhizome	700	Hexane	26.2	3.74	*CAR_hex
		673.8	Methylene chloride	5.8	0.86	CAR_mc
		668	Methanol	72.2	10.8	CAR_met

*The extract code CAR represents roots/rhizomes of Cyperus articulatus while the lower case letters of the code, hex, mc and met represent the solvents, hexane, methylene chloride and methanol, respectively. CAR_hex is the essential oil.

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