Table 2.
No. | Phytochemical constituents | Tests | Presence |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Proteins | Ninhydrin test | ++ |
2 | Carbohydrates | Molish test | + |
3 | Alkaloids | Hagers’s test | ++ |
Wagner’s test | ++ | ||
Dragendroff’s test | + | ||
Mayer’s test | ++ | ||
4 | Glycosides | Killer-Kiliani test | + |
5 | Flavonoids | Alkaline reagent test | + |
6 | Steroids | Ring test | + |
7 | Terpenoids | + | |
8 | Saponins | Foam test | + |
9 | Tannins | Ferric chloride test | + |
10 | Phenols | FC method | ++ |
11 | Quinones | - | |
12 | Phytosterol | Liebermann–Burchard test | ++ |
13 | Terpenes | Salkowski test | + |
14 | Fixed oils | Spot test | - |
+, present; ++, highly present; and -, absent.