Table 1.
Phytochemical profile of T. cordifolia stem extracts.
| Extracts | Phytochemicals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reducing sugars | Anthraquinone | Terpenoids | Phenols | Flavonoids | Saponin | Tannin | Phlobatannin | Alkaloids | Cardiac glycosides | |
| PE | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| BZ | − | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − |
| CH | − | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − |
| EA | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | − |
| AC | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| ET | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | + |
| AQ | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − |
Phytochemical analysis of T. cordifolia stem extracts was done as described in Section 2. PE: petroleum ether, BZ: benzene, CH: chloroform, EA: ethyl acetate, AC: acetone, ET: ethyl alcohol, and AQ: water; (+) present/detected; (−) not detected.