Antibacterial Activity of Eight Medicinal Plants from the Traditional Pharmacopoeia of Niger

Table 5

Spectrophotometric assay.

Codes extracts	Total polyphenols in mg GAE/100 mg	Total tannins in g/L	Total flavonoids in mg QE/100 mg
PPME	27.75 ± 0.46	3.38 ± 0.14	3.12 ± 0.01
PPET	29.59 ± 0.41	3.12 ± 0.19	2.6 ± 0.07
PPAQ	20.31 ± 0.33	0.79 ± 0.04	2.82 ± 0.09
XAME	41.97 ± 0.02	45.52 ± 0.17	0.46 ± 0.07
XAET	43.59 ± 0.15	46.49 ± 0.53	0.49 ± 0.02
BLET	19.71 ± 0.14	0.36 ± 0.08	2.82 ± 0.01
BLME	20.7 ± 0.08	1.8 ± 0.04	2.97 ± 0.007
SIET	8.97 ± 0.09	1.52 ± 0.05	1.67 ± 0.002
SIME	10.9 ± 0.44	1.27 ± 0.02	1.82 ± 0.07

PPME: Phyllanthus pentandrus methanol, PPET: Phyllanthus pentandrus ethanol, PPAQ: Phyllanthus pentandrus aqueous, SIME: Strychnos innocua methanol, SIET: Strychnos innocua ethanol, BLME: Blepharis linariifolia methanol, BLET: Blepharis linariifolia ethanol, XAME: Ximenia americana methanol, and XAET: Ximenia americana ethanol.