Antioxidant Activities of Methanol Extracts of Thirteen Cameroonian Antibacterial Dietary Plants

Table 4

Total flavonoid content of the methanol extracts of thirteen antibacterial edible plants.

Plant extracts	Total flavonoids content (RE)
Amaranthus hybridus	1.91 ± 0.32^e
Amaranthus cruentus	5.59 ± 0.27^a
Cucumis melo	4.50 ± 0.27^ab
Lactuca capensis	0.00 ± 0.00^f
Lactuca sativa	5.59 ± 0.50^a
Manihot esculenta	5.99 ± 0.53^a
Piper nigrum	3.88 ± 0.10^b
Sechium edule	3.78 ± 0.41^bc
Solanum nigrum	1.80 ± 0.23^de
Talinum triangulare	5.50 ± 0.58^a
Telfairia occidentalis	0.29 ± 0.03^ef
Vernonia hymenolepis	1.02 ± 0.22^de
Vernonia amygdalina	2.27 ± 0.02^cd

RE: μg of rutin equivalents per gram of dried extract.