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Table 5 Embelin content (% dry wt.) in extracts and isolates of A. corniculatum through spectrophotometric method

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

Plant Parts	Extraction method	Embelin Content (% Dry wt.)
Plant Parts	Extraction method	Crude	Pure
Fruit	Soxhlet—Methanol	1.85 ± 0.021	1.45 ± 0.038
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	1.95 ± 0.015	1.65 ± 0.015
	Water bath—Methanol	1.57 ± 0.023	1.39 ± 0.036
	Water bath—Chloroform	1.73 ± 0.011	1.58 ± 0.031
Leaf	Soxhlet—Methanol	0.37 ± 0.011	0.30 ± 0.021
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.44 ± 0.026	0.39 ± 0.026
	Water bath—Methanol	0.23 ± 0.021	0.19 ± 0.011
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.28 ± 0.025	0.23 ± 0.026
Stem Bark	Soxhlet—Methanol	0.73 ± 0.034	0.64 ± 0.011
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	0.84 ± 0.015	0.71 ± 0.021
	Water bath—Methanol	0.53 ± 0.026	0.48 ± 0.036
	Water bath—Chloroform	0.63 ± 0.021	0.56 ± 0.026
Root	Soxhlet—Methanol	1.37 ± 0.021	1.25 ± 0.021
	Soxhlet—Chloroform	1.41 ± 0.035	1.33 ± 0.026
	Water bath—Methanol	1.1 ± 0.036	0.9 ± 0.073
	Water bath—Chloroform	1.21 ± 0.035	1.17 ± 0.011

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

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