Antioxidant and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities, in silico analyses, and anti-Alzheimer’s disease potential of leaf extracts of three Nigerian endemic medicinal plants (Spondias mombin, Carica papaya and Kalanchoe crenata)

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Table 2 Quantitative estimates of constituent phytochemicals in the plant extracts

Test	Spondias mombin	Carica papaya	Kalanchoe crenata
Total phenols (mg GAE/g)	91.30 ± 0.794^a	34.15 ± 0.242^b	18.60 ± 0.786^c
Total flavonoids (mg QE/g)	43.86 ± 0.905^a	39.97 ± 0.666^b	22.89 ± 0.586^c
Total tannins (mg TAE/g)	89.52 ± 1.360^a	38.21 ± 0.136^b	18.48 ± 0.156^c

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 3).
GAE gallic acid equivalent, QE quercetin equivalent, TAE tannic acid equivalent. Values with the same superscript letter in a row are not significantly different (P > 0.05)