Table 1.

Phytochemical constituents of stem bark of Ficus thonningii

			INFERENCE
S/No	CONSTITUENTS	TEST	CE	NB	RA
1	Alkaloids	Dragendorff's (Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	+
		Mayer's (Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	−
2	Anthraquinones	Borntrager's (Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	+
3	Carbohydrates
	General Test	Molisch's(Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	+
	Free reducing sugar	Fehling's (Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	+
	Combined reducing sugar	Fehling's (Sofowora, 1993)	+	−	−
	Monosaccharides	Barfoed's (Sofowora, 1993)	−	−	−
	Soluble starch	(Vishnoi, 1979)	+	+	+
4	Flavonoids	Ferric chloride (Trease and Evans, 2002)	+	+	−
		Lead ethanoate(Trease and Evans, 2002)	−	−	+
		Shinoda's (Trease and Evans, 2002)	+	+	+
		Sodium hydroxide(Trease and Evans, 2002)	+	+	−
5	Saponins	Frothing (Sofowora, 1993)	+	+	+
6	Steroids	Liebermann-Buchard's (Sofowora, 1993)	−	−	−
	Terpenoids/steroids	(Sofowora, 1993)	+	−	−
7	Tannins	Ferric chloride (Trease and Evans, 2002)	+	+	+

Key = + present; − = absent; CE = crude methanolic extract; NB = n-butanol portion; RA = Residual aqueous portion