Table 2. Phytochemical Analysis of ECP^a.

s. no.	phytochemicals	confirmatory test	inference
1	carbohydrates	Benedict’s	+++
2	proteins & amino acids	Millon’s	++
3	alkaloids	Dragendorff’s	++
4	tannins & phenols	ferric chloride	++
5	flavonoids	Shinoda	+++
6	steroids/terpenoids	Salkowski	+
7	saponins	foam	++
8	glycosides	Keller–Kilani	+
9	quinones	NaOH	++
10	fixed oils	paper/spot	–
11	resins	acetone	++
12	coumarins	fluorescence	–
13	carotenoids	Phillipson’s	–
14	anthocyanins		+

^a+++, highly present; ++, moderately present; +, present; and −, absent.