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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Phytochemical contents of lemongrass tea and cold-water extract

From: Effect of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus Stapf) tea in a type 2 diabetes rat model

Phytochemicals

Lemongrass tea

Lemongrass cold-water extract

Alkaloids (mg/g)

38.00 ± 2.65a

32.00 ± 1.73a

Flavonoids (mg/g)

68.00 ± 7.55a

58.05 ± 1.64a

Saponins (mg/g)

22.00 ± 2.65a

24.00 ± 5.29a

Tannins (mg/g)

69.00 ± 4.58a

51.00 ± 2.00a

Total phenolics (mgGAE/g)

111.00 ± 5.57a

88.00 ± 3.61b

  1. Data are shown as mean ± SD. Values with different letters across the rows for a given parameter are significantly different from each other