Research Article

Isolation and Chemical Structural Characterisation of a Compound with Antioxidant Activity from the Roots of Senna italica

Table 1

Yields following serial exhaustive extraction of root material of Senna italica with -hexane, DCM, acetone, and MeOH.

Extract solventYield (g)Total yield (g)Yield (%)

Hexane 12.8
Hexane 21.34.80.69
Hexane 30.7

DCM 13.5
DCM 21.56.20.89
DCM 31.2

Acetone 12.3
Acetone 21.44.60.66
Acetone 30.9

MeOH 117.9
MeOH 28.532.34.6
MeOH 35.9