Chromatography Research International

Research Article

Extraction of Artemisinin, an Active Antimalarial Phytopharmaceutical from Dried Leaves of Artemisia annua L., Using Microwaves and a Validated HPTLC-Visible Method for Its Quantitative Determination

Table 5

Artemisinin content in different parts of whole plant.
Plant part% mean artemisinin content (dry wt. basis) ±Standard deviation
Leaves0.7760.0081.031
Main stem0.0300.0026.667
Branches (excluding main stem)0.4210.0081.900
Main stem + side branches
(mixed sample)		0.2390.0020.837
Rootsnd——
Relative standard deviation; ndnot detected.