Comparative assessment of antimicrobial and antioxidant activity between whole plant and parts of Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. (Asteraceae)

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 6 Total terpenoids, total phenols and total flavonoids in different parts and extracts of Sphaeranthus indicus

Parts	Extract	Total terpenoids (mg linalool equivalent/ 1 g dry weight)	Total phenol (mg GAE/ 1 g of dry weight)	Total flavonoid (mg QE/ 1 g of dry weight)
Whole plant	Hexane	80.94 ± 0.53	0.00	0.00
	Ethyl acetate	165.30 ± 0.40	0.00	0.00
	Polar fraction of methanol	278.80 ± 0. 20	18.23 ± 0.16^e	164.10 ± 0.52^e
	Aqueous	0.00	19.30 ± 0.004^e	195.45 ± 0.57^d
Leaf	Hexane	176.25 ± 2.40^d,e	0.00	0.00
	Ethylacetate	196.49 ± 1.32^d	0.00	0.00
	Polar fraction of methanol	276.23 ± 14.83^c	43.12 ± 1.41^b	238.93 ± 0.47^b
	Aqueous	0.00	58.54 ± 0.07^a	273.82 ± 3.53^a
Inflorescence	Hexane	124.77 ± 0.34^e	0.00	0.00
	Ethylacetate	387.97 ± 0.46^b	0.00	0.00
	Polar fraction of methanol	120.13 ± 2.98^e	10.65 ± 0.06^f	208.83 ± 0.47^c
	Aqueous	0.00	30.40 ± 0.03^c	239.34 ± 0.46^b
Stem	Hexane	31.27 ± 0.11^f	0.00	0.00
	Ethylacetate	48.20 ± 0.19^f	0.00	0.00
	Polar fraction of methanol	551.48 ± 41.41^a	22.35 ± 0.23^d	134.61 ± 0.47^f
	Aqueous	0.00	22.79 ± 0.02^d	165.53 ± 0.46^e
Root	Hexane	11.47 ± 0.03^f	0.00	0.00
	Ethylacetate	39.43 ± 0.10^f	0.00	0.00
	Polar fraction of methanol	179.38 ± 7.67^d,e	7.90 ± 0.03^g	62.04 ± 0.47^h
	Aqueous	0.00	6.34 ± 0.004^g	92.46 ± 0.47^g

The results are mean ± SE (n = 3). The different superscript letters denote the significant at p < 0.05 (Tukey’s test)