Chemical composition and Biological studies of Ficus benjamina

BMC Chemistry

Table 2 Reducing potential of different parts of F. benjamina

Plant extracts and fractions	Concentration (mg/ml)	Plant parts
		Stem	Root	Leaves
Methanol	2.5	0.64 ± 0.003^rs	0.56 ± 0.003^uv	0.39 ± 0.00^z
	5.0	1.22 ± 0.015^e	0.87 ± 0.001^klm	0.57 ± 0.001^tuv
	7.5	1.39 ± 0.006^c	1.03 ± 0.001^g	0.79 ± 0.001^no
	10.0	1.47 ± 0.006^ab	1.49 ± 0.001^a	1.41 ± 0.003^bc
n-butanol	2.5	1.02 ± 0.006^g	0.76 ± 0.006^op	0.38 ± 0.001^z
	5.0	1.10 ± 0.006^f	0.83 ± 0.001^lmn	1.18 ± 0.006^e
	7.5	1.22 ± 0.006^e	0.84 ± 0.005^lmn	1.28 ± 0.029^d
	10.0	1.39 ± 0.026^c	0.91 ± 0.001^ijk	1.47 ± 0.005^ab
Chloroform	2.5	0.37 ± 0.001^z	0.37 ± 0.001^z	0.64 ± 0.001^rs
	5.0	0.39 ± 0.001^z	0.61 ± 0.001^stu	0.93 ± 0.001^ij
	7.5	0.46 ± 0.001^xy	0.62 ± 0.001st	0.94 ± 0.001^ij
	10.0	0.47 ± 0.001^x	0.91 ± 0.001^ijk	0.96 ± 0.001^hi
Ethyl acetate	2.5	0.48 ± 0.001^x	0.60 ± 0.001^stu	0.50 ± 0.001^wx
	5.0	0.57 ± 0.001^tuv	0.88 ± 0.001^jkl	0.59 ± 0.001^sv
	7.5	0.73 ± 0.001^pq	1.01 ± 0.006^gh	0.61 ± 0.001^stu
	10.0	0.91 ± 0.001^ijk	1.29 ± 0.023 ^d	0.64 ± 0.001^rs
n-hexane	2.5	0.48 ± 0.001^x	0.35 ± 0.001^z	0.68 ± 0.001^qr
	5.0	0.49 ± 0.001^wx	0.37 ± 0.001^z	0.79 ± 0.003^no
	7.5	0.54 ± 0.001^vw	0.40 ± 0.001^yz	0.69 ± 0.151^qr
	10.0	0.59 ± 0.001^sv	0.81 ± 0.001^mno	1.12 ± 0.015^f

Values are means ± SD of three separate experiments (p < 0.05). Different letters in superscript indicate significant differences within solvents and among various parts.

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