S. No. Sample Acetylbarlerin Barlerin Shanzhiside methyl ester
1.       B. prionitis
Whole plant
Leaf
Stem
Root
Hexane soluble fraction
Chloroform soluble fraction
Ethyl acetate soluble fraction
Butanol soluble fraction
  0.35
0.95
ND
ND
ND
0.28
1.28
1.68
  0.81
0.25
0.97
0.96
0.02
0.08
1.10
2.82
  1.36
2.62
1.46
1.35
ND
0.11
1.00
3.92
2.     B. cristatavar. dichotoma
Whole plant
Leaf
Stem
Root
Hexane soluble fraction
Chloroform soluble fraction
Ethyl acetate soluble fraction
Butanol soluble fraction
  0.26
0.46
ND
0.16
ND
ND
ND
0.89
  0.18
0.18
0.23
0.14
ND
ND
0.21
0.59
  0.52
0.70
0.88
ND
ND
ND
ND
1.28
3. B. cristata(Pink flower variety)
Whole plant
  ND   ND   ND
4. B. cristata(Blue flower variety)
Whole plant
  ND   ND   ND
5.   B. lupulina
Whole plant
Leaf
Stem
Root
  2.20
3.82
0.43
0.72
  0.64
0.73
0.59
0.45
  0.91
1.30
0.80
1.03
ND: not detected
Table 5: Per cent content of shanzhiside esters in different Barleria species/varieties.