Table 1. Total polyphenol contents of solvent fractions from the two Phragmites plants

Solvent fractions Plants Parts Total polyphenol content (mg Gallate/g)1)
Hexane Phragmites communis Leaf 5.49±0.85b2)
Rhizome 4.88±3.63b
Phragmites japonica Leaf 4.76±2.36b
Rhizome 38.29±0.00a
Ether Phragmites communis Leaf 37.85±1.53a
Rhizome 36.08±5.14a
Phragmites japonica Leaf 9.16±0.42c
Rhizome 26.91±6.10b
Ethyl acetate Phragmites communis Leaf 23.85±2.78a
Rhizome 11.12±1.94c
Phragmites japonica Leaf 17.97±0.85b
Rhizome 16.26±0.73b
Water Phragmites communis Leaf 7.94±0.85a
Rhizome 3.29±0.85bc
Phragmites japonica Leaf 6.96±0.42ab
Rhizome 4.51±1.47b
Gallic acid equivalent (y=0.0034x+0.7427, R2=0.9936).
All values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscripts small alphabet within each solvent are significantly different at p<0.05.