Pericarps from three different Chinese water caltrop cultivars and were collected and extracted using the system of methanol:water and hot water
Phenolic compositions analysis indicated that gallic acid and ferulic acid contributed 74.82-99.44 mg phenolic acids/100 mg phenolic acids determined in the extraction
All water caltrop Pericarps extracts exhibited high antioxidant capacity
Water caltrop pericarps extracts showed strong in vitro inhibitory action against gram positive bacteria, gram negative bacteria, yeast and fungi