Table 1.

Phytochemical screening of T. madagascariens methanol extract and fractions

Groups of chemical constituents	Methanol extract	Methanol extract subfractions
		Hexane	Ethylacetate	n-butanol	Residue
Alkaloids	+	-	-	-	+
Flavonoids	+	-	+	+	+
Coumarins	-	-	-	-	-
Polyphenols	+	-	+	+	+
Tannins	+	-	+	+	+
Saponins	+	-	+	+	+
Steroids	-	-	-	-	-
Triterpenes	-	-	-	-	-
Cardiac glycosides	+	-	-	-	+