Table 2.

Qualitative phytochemical analysis of ethanolic, acetonic, dichloromethane & petroleum ether extracts of Iresine herbstii.

Phytochemicals	Test Type	Inferences
		Ethanol	Acetone	DCM	PE
Alkaloids	i.Dragendroff’s test	+	+	+	+
	ii.Mayer’s test	+	+	+	+
	iii.Wagner’s test	+	+	+	+
Flavonoids	NaOH Test	+	+	+	+
Glycosides	Keller–Kiliani’s Test	+	+	+	+
Phenols	Ferric chloride Test	+	+	+	+
Protein	Ninhydrin Test	+	+	+	−
Reducing sugar	Fehling Test	+	+	+	−
Tannins	Ferric chloride Test	+	−	−	−
Terpenoids	Salkowski’s Test	+	+	−	−
Thiol		+	+	+	−
Saponins	Froth Test	+	+	+	−
Anthraquinones	Borntrager’s Test	+	+	+	−

(+) = present, (−) = absent.