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Table 2 Total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and IC50 values of methanol extracts of different Swertia species

From: Phytochemical investigation of crude methanol extracts of different species of Swertia from Nepal

Swertia species

TFC (mg QE/g)

TPC (GAE/g)

IC50 (μg/ml)

S. chirayita

26.16 ± 0.25a

67.49 ± 0.50a

23.35 ± 0.59a

S. angustifolia

18.41 ± 0.19b

22.68 ± 0.78b

45.81 ± 1.54b

S. paniculata

25.18 ± 0.85a

34.01 ± 0.67c

29.53 ± 1.17c

S. racemosa

24.88 ± 1.26a

66.91 ± 1.02a

30.34 ± 1.14d

S. nervosa

24.57 ± 0.19a

54.36 ± 0.76d

32.19 ± 0.63c

S. ciliata

22.95 ± 0.48a

42.53 ± 0.91e

29.99 ± 0.96d

S. dilatata

24.04 ± 1.26a

67.00 ± 3.63a

30.04 ± 0.93d

  1. In each column values with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05) within different species