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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Quantity of phytochemicals of ethanolic extracts of guava leaf and bark

From: Phytochemical constituent and antimicrobial properties of guava extracts of east Hararghe of Oromia, Ethiopia

Phytochemical

Babile leaf

Babile bark

Gursum leaf

Gursum bark

Alkaloid*

98.67 ± 14.43a

72.33 ± 3.93b

84.33 ± 1.33ab

82.33 ± 8.67ab

Saponin*

29.00 ± 4.93a

19.00 ± 5.86a

30.00 ± 5.77a

19.00 ± 7.57a

Terpenoid*

NP

NP

105.00 ± 8.66a

93.33 ± 8.82a

Total Phenolǂ

0.20 ± 0.01a

0.13 ± 0.00b

0.205 ± 0.01a

0.20 ± 0.01a

Tanninǂ

0.15 ± 0.01a

0.09 ± 0.01b

0.16 ± 0.02a

0.16 ± 0.01a

  1. *is amount in mg extract/g of powder; ǂ is amount in mg/g of the extracts as Tannic Acid Equivalent; NP is not present. The values are Mean ± Standard error of mean (n = 3). Small letters superscript compares between means in row, and means with similar small letters show no significant difference, whereas means with different small letters show significant difference at p < 0.05