Pharmacological Evaluation of Selected Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Oral and Skin Infections in Ebem-Ohafia District, Abia State, Nigeria

Table 3

Thin layer chromatography retention factor using mobile phase CHL: ET (mobile phase I) and Tol  : EA  : AA (mobile phase II).

S/N	Plant Extract	CHL: ET (6:4)	Tol: EA: AA (5:4:1)
1	Baphia nitida	1	0.74
2	Macrolobium macrophyllum	0.706, 0.941	0.695
3	Chromolaena odorata	0.471, 0.647	0.667
4	Jatropha curcas	0.353, 0.941	0.648
5	Cassia alata	0.118, 0.882	0.686
6	Ipomoea involucrata	0.956	-
7	Acalypha hispida	0.667, 0.833, 0.989	0.381, 0.648, 0.781
8	Breynia nivosa	0.989	0.762
9	Burkea africana	0.644, 1	0.752
10	Eleusine indica	0.978	0.743

CHL, chloroform; ET, ethanol; Tol, toluene; EA, ethylacetate; AA, acetic acid