Table 2. Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents of paper mulberry leaf extracts

Samples	Total polyphenols(mg TAE/g)1)	Total flavonoids(μg QE/mg)2)
PMEW	41.92±1.16b3)	26.32±0.59c
PME30	37.00±0.20c	31.84±2.40b
PME70	46.91±1.79a	46.73±0.65a

Tannic acid equivalent.
Quercetin equivalent.
All values are mean±SD (n≥3), and different superscripts (^a-c) in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
PMEW, the water extract; PME30, the 30% ethanol extract; PME70, the 70% ethanol extract.