Table 1.

Preliminary qualitative phytochemical study of methanol leaf extract of Nymphaea lotus.

S/N	Constituents	Test	Observation	Inference
1	Carbohydrates	Keller-Killiani	Pale green colour	Present
2	Saponins	Frothing	Presence of honey comb froth	Present
3	Steroids and triterpenes	Lieberman-Buchards	Presence of purple colour	Present
4	Flavonoids	Shinoda	Presence of red colour	Present
		Sodium hydrochloride	Presence of yellow colour	Present
5	Tannins	Ferric chloride	Presence of greenish black precipitate	Present
6	Alkaloids	Dragendoffs	Reddish brown precipitate	Present
		Wagner	Whitish precipitate	Present
7	Anthraquinones	Bontrager	Bright pink colour	Absent