Table 1. Phytochemical analysis of the methanol, ethanol and aqueous extracts.

Metabolites	Methanol	Ethanol	Aqueous
Saponins	+	+	+
Tannins	+	+	+
Reducing sugars	+	-	-
Carbonyl or aldehyde	+	+	-
Phlobatannins	+	-	+
Steroids	-	-	-
Flavonoids	+	-	+
Terpenoids (Salkowski method)	+	+	+
Alkaloids	+	+	+
Cardiac glycoside	+	+	-
Anthroquinones	+	+	-

+: Present, -: Absent.