Research Article

Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant, Antistress, and Nootropic Activities of Aqueous and Methanolic Seed Extracts of Ladies Finger (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in Mice

Figure 1

Thin layer chromatogram of Abelmoschus esculentus seed extracts. A: aqueous extract, M: methanolic extract. The extracts were chromatographed in solvent system containing hexane : chloroform : methanol (8 : 2 : 1) followed by spraying of visualization reagents for carbohydrates (AC&MC), phenols (AP&MP), and terpenoids (AT&MT).