Claim · model-written summary
Saponins, tannins and flavonoids were detected in both extracts of M. barteri fruit.
- Taxon
- Maesobotrya barteriMaesobotrya barterie6
- Outcome
- saponins, tannins, flavonoidse0
Verbatim
e6“Maesobotrya barteri fruit is commonly consumed in southern Nigeria”
e0“Phytochemical screening revealed saponins, tannins, flavonoids, and cardiac glycosides in both extracts, whereas alkaloids and anthraquinones were absent”
Title
Godwin Ndarake Enin; Basil Nse Ita; Paul Sunday Thomas; et al. Trends in Natural Products Research 2025. doi:10.61594/tnpr.v6(2).2025.125
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Cardiac glycosides were detected in both extracts of M. barteri fruit.
- Observation Alkaloids and anthraquinones were absent from both extracts of M. barteri fruit.
- Observation Total phenolic content of the M. barteri fruit extracts ranged from 12.82 to 15.75 mg GAE/g.
- Observation Flavonoid content of the M. barteri fruit extracts ranged from 49.10 to 156.3 mg QE/g.
- Observation The methanol extract of M. barteri fruit had a DPPH IC50 of 74.88 ± 2.86 μg/mL.
- Observation The aqueous extract of M. barteri fruit had a DPPH IC50 of 113.30 ± 2.98 μg/mL.
- Observation The methanol extract of M. barteri fruit had a FRAP IC50 of 27.11 ± 1.55 μg/mL.
- Observation The aqueous extract of M. barteri fruit had a FRAP IC50 of 23.28 ± 0.85 μg/mL.
- Observation The methanol extract of M. barteri fruit had a metal chelating IC50 of 71.12 ± 2.01 μg/mL.
- Observation The aqueous extract of M. barteri fruit had a metal chelating IC50 of 135.96 ± 3.22 μg/mL.
- Observation GC-MS identified 17 compounds in the methanol extract of M. barteri fruit.
- Observation GC-MS identified 14 compounds in the aqueous extract of M. barteri fruit.
- Observation Glycerol was among the major compounds of the methanol extract of M. barteri fruit.
- Observation Glycerol was among the major compounds of the aqueous extract of M. barteri fruit.