Table 1.
Phytochemical constituents investigated in the extracts of the stem-bark of Terminalia avicennioides.
| Phytochemical constituent | Phytochemical test | Inference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMF | EAF | HXF | ||
| Alkaloids | Mayers | + | − | − |
| Dragendoff | + | − | − | |
| Anthraquinones | Bontragers | − | − | − |
| Modified Bontragers | − | − | − | |
| Carbohydrates | Fehlings | + | + | − |
| Molisch | ||||
| Cardiac glycosides | Kadde | + | + | − |
| Kelle-Kiliani | + | + | − | |
| Flavonoids | Shinoda | + | − | − |
| Sodium hydroxide | + | − | − | |
| Saponins | Frothing | + | + | + |
| Steroids/triterpenes | Liberman Buchard | + | + | + |
| Tannins | Ferric chloride | + | + | − |
| Lead acetate | + | + | − | |
Key: + = present; − = not present; AMF = Aqueous methanol fraction; EAF = Ethyl acetate fraction; HXF = Hexane fraction.