Table 4.

The results of phytochemical screening of aqueous seaweed extracts.

Sample Number	Species Name	Saponins	Tannins	Flavonoids	Alkaloids	Triterpenes	References
SW 01	Ulva lactuca	++	+	+	-	-	Paiva et al. (2017)
SW 02	Caulerpa racemosa	+	+++	++	-	++	Lee et al. (2013)
SW 03	Gracilaria corticata	++++	+	+++	+++	++	De Almeida et al. (2011)
SW 04	Padina antillarum	+	-	-	-	-	Arunkumar et al. (2010); Ponnanikajamideen et al. (2014)
SW 05	Sargassum illicifolium	++	+	+	+	-	Permeh et al. (2012); Basha and Muthukumar, 2014
SW 06	Sargassum polycystem	+	+	++	+	-	Permeh et al. (2012); Mehdinezhad et al. (2016)
SW 07	Halimeda opuntin	-	-	+	-	+++	Liu et al. (2011); Al-Wathnani et al. (2012)
SW 08	Caulerpa racemosa	-	+	+	+	+++	Lee et al. (2013)
SW 09	Turbinaria ornata	+	+	+	-	-	Neelamathi and Kannan (2016); Ermakova et al. (2016)
SW 10	Caulerpa sertularioides	-	-	+	-	+	Viswanathan and Nallamuthu (2013); Lee et al. (2013)
SW 11	Stoechospermum polypodioides	+	+	+	+	++	Anbu et al. (2017)
SW 12	Sargassum illicifolium	++	+	+	+	-	Permeh et al. (2012); Basha and Muthukumar, 2014
SW 13	Sargassum illicifolium	+	+	+	+	-	Permeh et al., 2012; Basha and Muthukumar, 2014
SW 14	Gracilaria corticata	+	+	++	+++	+	De Almeida et al. (2011)
SW 15	Padina antillarum	+	+	-	-	-	Arunkumar et al. (2010); Ponnanikajamideen et al. (2014)
SW 16	Ulva lactuca	++	+	+	-	-	Paiva et al. (2017)
SW 17	Acanthophora spicifera	+	+	++	-	+	Domettila et al. (2013)
SW 18	Gelidiopsis variabilis	-	+	+	++	-	Lee et al. (2013); Raposo et al. (2013)
SW 19	Gracilaria corticata	+	+	++	++	+	De Almeida et al. (2011)
SW 20	Chaetomorpha antennina	++	+	+	-	-	Pierre et al. (2011); Domettila et al. (2013)
SW 21	Chaetomorpha crassa	+	+	+	-	-	Pierre et al. (2011); Kumbhar et al. (2014)
SW 22	Jania adhaereus	+	+	+	+++	+	Karabay-Yavasoglu et al. (2007); Mohy El-Din and El-Ahwany (2016)
SW 23	Sargassum illicifolium	++	+	+	+	-	Permeh et al., 2012; Basha and Muthukumar, 2014

+ Present; - Absent.