Claim · model-written summary
The petroleum ether extract contained 4.55% total steroids.
- Taxon
- Harpagophytum procumbens
Harpagophytum procumbenst0 - Organ / stage
- seedst0
- Treatment
- petroleum ethere0
- Outcome
- total steroidse0
- Value
- 4.55%e0
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Verbatim
e0“The active components detected were: alkaloids (12.69%), flavonoids (3.25%), total phenolic compounds (24.58%), total terpenoids (8.55%), and total steroids (1.25% for methanolic and 4.55% for petroleum ether).”
t0“In vitro investigation of phytochemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Harpagophytum procumbens seeds extracts”
Title
Hadeel Makki Habeeb; Ghussun Saib Salih; Intisar Abdullah Hassan; et al. Plant Protection 2024. doi:10.33804/pp.008.03.5277
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Seed extracts contained alkaloids, flavonoids, and tannins.
- Observation Seed extracts contained saponins and terpenoids.
- Observation The extract contained 12.69% alkaloids.
- Observation The extract contained 3.25% flavonoids.
- Observation The extract contained 24.58% total phenolic compounds.
- Observation The extract contained 8.55% total terpenoids.
- Observation The methanolic extract contained 1.25% total steroids.
- Observation The methanolic seed extract showed approximately 85.33% antioxidant activity versus ascorbic acid.
- Observation The petroleum ether seed extract showed approximately 74.19% antioxidant activity versus ascorbic acid.
- Observation Seed extracts had broad activity against the tested bacteria and fungi.
- Observation At 1000 µg/ml, seed extracts showed the highest bactericidal activity, with 10 to 22 mm inhibition zones.
- Intervention effect Both extracts had greater antibiofilm activity at 1000 µg/ml than at lower concentrations.