Research Article

Antitrypanosomal Effects of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler Extracts on African Trypanosomes

Table 3

Retention times for Kupchan fractions in HPLC.

Peak (x) RT (min) Width (min) Area (mAUs) (y) Height (mAU) Area (%)

ZRC
12.8720.115561.058107.380341.7119
23.1670.0989240.8964737.049756.7541
33.3730.1350270.9197437.489907.5958
43.7300.11152536.17334337.9983571.1074
54.3280.1290115.5891313.355083.2408
64.6210.127915.720731.799440.4408
75.3010.1223129.7506015.888493.6379
85.6540.133233.904833.832410.9506
914.3390.1536101.368299.340812.8421
1014.6930.251061.301163.506201.7187

ZRFH
12.8790.110132.038504.442051.4512
23.1830.0999105.9415515.868054.7988
33.3770.090460.976169.968172.7620
43.4790.084935.274856.249091.5978
53.7460.11021726.87097233.6325678.2214
64.3360.118971.966719.132563.2598
75.3180.1276102.2079811.976204.6297
814.4510.144172.394107.213043.2792

ZRFD
12.9020.129336.929664.472131.4285
23.1850.1008440.6869864.4628017.0464
33.3720.090094.9934715.399533.6745
43.4820.093356.088739.306522.1696
53.7430.10331624.33984232.9877262.8316
63.9270.0924206.6422932.409427.9932
74.3350.115241.745965.588151.6148
85.3040.124336.921514.520341.4282
914.3570.134746.879065.077971.8133

ZRFM
12.8910.134963.859217.534341.6574
23.1850.1042525.7987174.6005113.6468
33.3740.0883109.3088318.134182.8370
43.4850.093475.0021612.258111.9466
53.7450.10822825.35791386.8267273.3303
64.3360.116470.740149.340141.8360
75.3060.124361.642407.466391.5999
814.4590.1800121.212849.819463.1460

ZRWB
12.8740.123735.443004.411593.1619
23.1740.110741.063975.460613.6634
33.3740.128543.363544.619843.8685
43.7320.1124830.25043109.6070574.0683
54.3240.121736.016534.535153.2131
65.28 90.130653.586186.154284.7805
714.3420.127348.230825.295764.3028
814.6050.220232.971502.065822.9415

Ordinate(x) = absorbance intensity; Abscissa (y) = retention time; ZR=Z. zanthoxyloides LZT (root); ZRC=crude extract of ZR; ZRFH= Z. zanthoxyloides hexane fraction; ZRFD= Z. zanthoxyloides dichloromethane fraction; ZRFM= Z. zanthoxyloides methanol fraction; ZRWB= Z. zanthoxyloides butanol fraction; NA= not applicable.