Micrographic Profiling and Phytochemical Analysis of Some Plants Consumed by Okapia johnstoni (Giraffidae: Mammalia) in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 1.

Total polyphenol and flavonoid content of different Okapi foodplants

Plant species Total polyphenols(mg GAE/g MS ) Flavonoids(mgEQ/g DM) (R)

A. boonei 31,55±1,60 30,53±0,07 (0,8613)
A. cordifolia 198,53±3,39 58,79±1,46 (0.2965)
C. acuminata 38,83±4,04 26,68±1,08 (0.6870)
F. vallis-choudae 46,37±2,43 25,42±2,18 (0.5481)
M. spinosa 59,65±6,54 33,35±0,31 (0.5590)
M. cercopioides 91,87±6,71 37,31±0,18 (0.4061)
P. angolensis 31,96±3,45 24,46±0,85 (0.7630)
T. madagascariensis 25,18±0,99 21,69±1,20 (0,9676)