Table 4.
Solvent | Plant part | Reducing sugar | Protein | Phenol | Alkaloid | Steroid | Triterpenoid | Flavones | Tannin | Saponins | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pt. Ether | Leaf | + | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | [8] |
Stem | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | ||
Benzene | Leaf | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | |
Stem | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | ||
Chloroform | Leaf | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | |
Stem | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | ||
Methanol | Leaf | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | |
Stem | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | ||
D. Water | Leaf | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | |
Stem | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | ||
Acetone | Leaf | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | [18] |
(+): present and (−): absent.