Table 2. Total flavonoids contents of solvent fractions from the two Phragmites plants

Solvent fractions Plants Parts Total flavonoids content (mg QUE/g)1)
Hexane Phragmites communis Leaf 10.83±2.57b2)
Rhizome 5.10±2.55c
Phragmites japonica Leaf 17.62±2.97a
Rhizome 6.58±0.93c
Ether Phragmites communis Leaf 60.72±1.29b
Rhizome 74.95±0.56a
Phragmites japonica Leaf 67.52±1.33ab
Rhizome 73.04±1.85a
Ethyl acetate Phragmites communis Leaf 33.76±20.5b
Rhizome 22.93±2.05c
Phragmites japonica Leaf 35.03±3.89b
Rhizome 43.52±3.53a
Water Phragmites communis Leaf 18.90±3.42a
Rhizome 4.46±0.37c
Phragmites japonica Leaf 18.47±1.69a
Rhizome 7.43±0.42b
Quercetin equivalent (y=0.0002x+0.0458, R2=0.9942).
All values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript lettters small alphabet within each solvent are significantly different at p<0.05.