The plant extracts were obtained by successive extractive maceration method from the crude plant, using n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol. I intend to embark on the antiviral study of the respective extracts.
It is always a good idea to rely on other researchers' published expertise that defines them as experts in a certain field of study and an equally good idea to duplicate these efforts like you are doing. Often times there is no need to reinvent "the wheel" and making ones own wheel furthers the science to use a cart analogy (whether it is pulled by man, beast, or it being part of a mechanized device).