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Table 2 Percentage extraction yield of the plants included in the study

From: Free radical scavenging, α-glucosidase inhibitory and lipase inhibitory activities of eighteen Sudanese medicinal plants

Scientific name

Extraction yield (%)

70% Ethanol extract

Water extract

A. precatorius

9.6

11.8

A. nilotica

27.9

29.2

B. linariifolia

7.6

8.0

B. papyrifera

34.3

33.2

C. ipecacuanha

10.6

11.4

C. colocynthis

4.1

9.8

C. sinensis

11.4

12.2

C. proximus

5.8

5.0

C. rotundus.

5.5

2.2

G. alata

10.1

11.6

M. annua

2.4

2.4

P. glaucum

5.1

5.4

R. graveolens

24.3

21.6

S. argel

20.2

15.0

T. bakis

9.4

8.9

T. foenum-graceum

13.7

11.8

V. madagascariensis

28.5

35.8

Z. spina-christi

19.9

16.6

  1. % extraction yield is expressed as w/w g of dried extract
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

ISSN: 2662-7671

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