Table 8.

Preliminary phytochemical analysis of crude extracts and different fractions of five potential plants with anti-influenza A activity

Phytochemical tests		Glycyrrhiza glabra			Myrtus commonis			Melissa officinalis			Salix alba			Camellia sinensis (fermented)
		C E	C F	M F	C E	C F	M F	C E	C F	M F	C E	C F	M F	C E	C F	M F
Alkaloids	Dragendorff’s Test	_	_	_	+	+	_	+	+	_	+	_	+	+	+	_
	Hager’s Test	_	_	_	+	_	+	+	+	_	+	+	_	+	+	_
Cardiac Glycosides	Keller-killiani	+	_	+	+	+	_	+	+	_	+	_	+	+	+	_
Tannins	Ferric Chloride Test	+	_	+	+	_	+	_	_	_	+	_	+	+	_	+
	Gelatin test	+	+	+	+	_	+	_	_	_	+	_	+	+	_	+
Flavonoids	Shinoda Test	+	_	+	+	_	+	+	_	+	+	_	+	+	_	+
Steroids and Triterpenoids	Salkowski test	+	+	_	+	+	+	+	_	+	+	+	_	+	+	+
	Libermann-Buchard test	_	_	_	_	+	_	+	+	+	_	+	_	_	+	_
Saponin	Foam test	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_

CE Crude Extract, CF Chloroform Fraction, MF Methanol Fraction; +: present, −:absent