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Table 3 Extraction yields and phytochemical composition of the plant extracts

From: Antibacterial activity of six medicinal Cameroonian plants against Gram-positive and Gram-negative multidrug resistant phenotypes

Plant extract (used part)	Extraction yield (%)	Phytochemicals groups
Plant extract (used part)	Extraction yield (%)	Alkaloids	Triterpenes	Sterols	Flavonoids	Polyphenols	Saponins
A. boonei (leaves)	15.8 %	-	-	+	-	+	+
A. boonei (bark)	9.65 %	+	+	+	+	+	+
A. conyzoïdes (whole plant)	8.52 %	-	+	+	-	-	+
C. macrostachys (Leaves)	12.72 %	-	+	+	-	+	+
C. obtusifolia (whole plant)	7.11 %	+	+	+	+	+	+
C. roseus (leaves)	6.89 %	+	-	+	+	+	+
C. roseus (stem)	4.23 %	+	+	+	+	+	-
P. pinnata (leaves)	10.84 %	-	+	+	-	+	+
P. pinnata (stem)	5.47 %	-	+	+	-	+	+

+: presence; −: absence

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