Table 3.

Quantitative phytochemical analysis of P. jacquemontiana leaves methanol extract and its derived fractions

Percentage (%) yield per gram				mg of GAE/ g of extract
Plant extracts	Alkaloids	Flavonoids	Saponins	Phenols	Tannins
PJM	12.5 ± 0.17	7.4 ± 0.14	4.4 ± 0.42	611.5 ± 2.18	159.4 ± 1.85
PJH	0.71 ± 0.21	NT	NT	NT	NT
PJC	7.7 ± 0.14	3.5 ± 0.07	NT	342.8 ± 1.69	203.8 ± 2.67
PJE	22.5 ± 0.5	NT	5.5 ± 0.28	NT	244.3 ± 2.03
PJB	5.7 ± 0.36	6.6 ± 0.42	1.8 ± 0.11	NT	231.6 ± 1.93
PJA	NT	4.6 ± 0.11	NT	NT	110.5 ± 0.74

Mean ± SD (n = 3), PJM P. jacquemontiana methanol fraction, PJH P. jacquemontiana n-hexane fraction, PJC P. jacquemontiana chloroform fraction, PJE P. jacquemontiana ethyl acetate fraction, PJB P. jacquemontiana butanol fraction, PJA P. jacquemontiana aqueous fraction, NT Not Tested