Table 2.
Qualitative phytochemical composition of the plant extracts.
| Classes | Studies plants and composition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Albizia adianthifolia |
Alchornea laxiflora |
Boerhavia diffusa |
Combretum hispidum |
Laportea ovalifolia | Scoparia dulcis | ||||
| B | R | L | B | W | L | B | W | W | |
| Alkaloids | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + |
| Polyphenols | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Flavonoids | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + |
| Anthraquinones | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | − |
| Coumarins | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| Tannins | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
| Triterpenes | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Sterols | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + |
| Saponins | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
(−): Absent; (+): Present; the tested extracts were obtained from (L: Leaves; B: bark; R: roots; W: whole plant).