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Table 2 Total phenolic, total flavonoid and total saponin content of S. crispus leaves, extracted with different solvent and collected from three different locations

From: Phytochemical constituents and biological activities of different extracts of Strobilanthes crispus (L.) Bremek leaves grown in different locations of Malaysia

Sampling location

Solvent

TPC (mg GAE/g DM)

TFC (mg QE/g DM)

TSC (mg DE/g DM)

Penang

aqueous

9.12 ± 0.726c

5.15 ± 0.345c

26.2 ± 2.451e

ethanol

6.64 ± 0.668e

3.28 ± 0.266e

22.5 ± 2.328f

Selangor

aqueous

10.45 ± 0.689b

6.20 ± 0.322b

34.4 ± 2.336c

ethanol

7.00 ± 0.566e

3.58 ± 0.291e

30.4 ± 2.842d

Kelantan

aqueous

12.62 ± 0.512a

7.44 ± 0.429a

44.7 ± 3.726a

ethanol

8.86 ± 0.829d

4.66 ± 0.284d

38.8 ± 2.458b

  1. All analyses are the mean of triplicate measurements ± standard deviation. Means not sharing a common letter in each column were significantly different at P < 0.05