Table 1. Preliminary phytochemical screening of ethanolic extract (PF) of J. mesnyi Hance leaves and its different solvent fractions.
| Extract | Alkaloid | Flavonoids | Glycosides | Sterols | Terpenoids | Saponins | Phenols |
| PF | + | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | ++ |
| HF | + | + | ++ | ++ | + | - | + |
| DEF | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | - | ++ |
| EAF | + | ++ | + | + | + | - | ++ |
| MF | + | ++ | + | + | + | - | + |
| PF, parent ethanolic extract; HF, hexane fraction, DEF, diethyl ether fraction, EAF, ethyl acetate fraction and MF, methanol fraction. +, moderate presence; ++, predominant presence; -, absent. | |||||||