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Table 3 Total phenolic contents (mg GAE/g) values of all major part extracts in aqueous and organic solvents of C. papaya (mean ± SE; n = 3)

From: Compositional difference in antioxidant and antibacterial activity of all parts of the Carica papaya using different solvents

Extracting Solvents

Leaves

Bark

roots

Peels

seeds

pulp

LSD 5 %

n-Hexane***

10.60 ± 0.06b

09.85 ± 0.03c

02.64 ± 0.00f

07.32 ± 0.05d

06.74 ± 0.02e

15.92 ± 0.03a

0.07

Dichloromethane***

11.77 ± 0.03e

21.60 ± 0.04a

01.22 ± 0.01f

21.15 ± 0.12b

16.02 ± 0.03d

19.62 ± 0.04c

0.10

n-Butanol***

21.69 ± 0.03c

25.80 ± 0.04a

05.83 ± 0.02e

24.80 ± 0.04b

25.85 ± 0.09a

20.93 ± 0.04d

0.09

Ethyl acetate***

27.80 ± 0.02d

28.80 ± 0.05c

09.39 ± 0.05f

27.21 ± 0.14e

32.52 ± 0.49a

31.88 ± 0.01b

0.37

Water***

49.94 ± 0.60a

31.31 ± 0.05d

19.92 ± 0.04f

32.23 ± 0.64c

27.94 ± 0.09c

37.78 ± 0.11b

0.65

Methanol***

54.28 ± 0.10a

37.09 ± 0.52d

41.72 ± 0.54b

35.15 ± 0.53e

38.86 ± 0.82c

38.15 ± 0.53c

0.89

Ethanol***

65.12 ± 1.21a

61.25 ± 0.10b

49.08 ± 0.09c

43.79 ± 1.20e

43.42 ± 0.06f

48.49 ± 0.18d

0.27

  1. Values with same letter in superscript in row do not differ significantly
  2. NS non-significant
  3. *** Significant at 0.001 level