Table 2.

Qualitative phytochemical analyses of 90% aqueous methanolic extract of coconut oil, in-house prepared Mathan Tailam, and D. metel leaf.

S. No	Test	Observation	Inference
			Coconut oil	in-house prepared sample	D. metel leaf
1	Alkaloids (Dragendorff's reagent)	Brick red precipitate	−Absent	+Present	+Present
2	Flavonoids (Magnesium + Concentrated HCl)	Magenta color	−Absent	−Absent	−Absent
3	Sugar (Anthrone + Conc. H2SO4)	Green color	−Absent	−Absent	+Present
4	Saponins (Frothing test)	Froth formation	−Absent	+Present	+Present
5	Coumarin (10% NaOH)	Formation of yellow color, color disappears with the addition of Conc. H2SO4	−Absent	+Present	+Present
6	Tannins (a) Ferric chloride test	Green precipitate	−Absent	−Absent	+Present
7	Steroids (Conc. H2SO4 test)	Reddish brown precipitate at interface	+Present	+Present	+Present
8	Triterpenoids (Tin + Thionyl chloride)	Red precipitate	−Absent	+Present	+Present
9	Acid compounds test	Color change in moist blue litmus	−Absent	−Absent	−Absent
10	Quinone (reaction with conc. H2SO4)	Red color	+Present	+Present	+Present
11	Phenol (Ferric chloride)	Green color	−Absent	−Absent	+Present
12	Furan Extract dissolved in alcohol P-dimethyl amino benzaldehyde and Conc. HCl was added	Pink color	+Present	+Present	+Present