Fraction Extraction solvent Developing solvents
Benzene:Methanol (18:6) Benzene:Ethanol:Ammonia (18:2:1)
Fraction 1 100%CHCl3 0.68, 0.78 0.60, 0.72
Fraction 2 25% EtOAC:75%CHCl3 0.50, 0.56 0.64
Fraction 3 50% EtOAC:50%CHCl3 0.50, 0.55, 0.62 0.48, 0.60
Fraction 4 100%EtOAC 0.46, 0.62 , 0.67 0.45, 0.56
Fraction 5 50% EtOAC:50%MeOH 0.41, 0.52 0.50
Fraction 6 100%MeOH 0.18, 0.25 0.42.0.38
Note: CHCl3: Chloroform EtOAC: Ethyl acetate MeOH: Methanol.
Table 7: Retention factor (RF) of different solvent fractions of resin extract through column chromatography.