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Table 4 Crude extract yield (% dry wt.) in A. corniculatum

From: UHPLC assessment of embelin in specialized mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum (L) Blanco

Plant Parts	Extraction method	Crude yield (% dry wt.)
Fruit	Soxhlet—Methanol	1.82 ± 0.043
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.67 ± 0.0458
	Water bath—Methanol	2.74 ± 0.04
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.91 ± 0.04
Leaf	Soxhlet—Methanol	0.56 ± 0.072
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.12 ± 0.062
	Water bath—Methanol	0.68 ± 0.08
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.18 ± 0.07
Stem bark	Soxhlet—Methanol	0.75 ± 0.061
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.23 ± 0.036
	Water bath—Methanol	0.87 ± 0.05
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.34 ± 0.046
Root	Soxhlet—Methanol	0.77 ± 0.056
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.43 ± 0.01
	Water bath—Methanol	0.84 ± 0.04
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.62 ± 0.056

NB-Data are expressed as mean ± SD, (where n = 3)

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