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Table 2 Percentage yield (% w/w) of plant extracts

From: Bioassay-guided discovery of antibacterial agents: in vitro screening of Peperomia vulcanica, Peperomia fernandopoioana and Scleria striatinux

Plants

Dry weight of powder (Kg)

Extraction solvent

  

Hexane

Methylene

Methanol

MC: MeOH

  

(HEX)

chloride (MC)

(MeOH)

(1:1)

  

% yield

% yield

% yield

% yield

Peperomia vulcanica

1.75

3.58

3.78

N*

N

Peperomia fernandopoioana

2.0

3.3

2.97

N*

N

Scleria striatinux

8.5

N

N

N

11.76

  1. N: not done. N*: partially done for preliminary testing.
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