Table 2.

Extraction yields and phytochemical composition of the plant extracts

Extracts	Xanthosoma mafaffa leaves extact	Passiflora edulis Pericarps (fruits) extract	Moringa oleifera leaves extract
Yielda (%)	4.30	3.92	3.95
Alkaloids	-	-	+
Polyphenols	+	+	+
Flavonoids	-	+	+
Anthraquinones	-	-	+
Coumarins	+	-	+
Tannins	+	-	+
Triterpenes	+	+	+
Sterols	+	+	+
Saponins	+	+	+

(-): Absent; (+): Present; ^ayield calculated as the ratio of the mass of the obtained methanol extract/mass of the plant powder