Table 3.
Plant powder and aqueous and organic extracts | Catechic tannins | Gallic tannins | Flavonoids | Saponins | Alkaloids | Sterols | Anthracenosides | Anthraquinones | Free quinones | |
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Powder of the aerial part of the plant | +++ | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | − | + | − | + | |
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Aqueous extracts | Decocted | +++ | − | ++ | +++ | +++ | − | − | − | − |
Infused | +++ | − | ++ | +++ | +++ | − | − | − | − | |
Macerated | +++ | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | − | − | − | − | |
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Organic extracts | Methanol | ++ | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | − | ++ | − | ++ |
Macerated methanol | ++ | − | ++ | ++ | +++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | |
Ethyl acetate | ++ | − | − | − | +++ | − | − | − | + | |
Chloroform | ++ | − | − | − | +++ | − | − | − | + | |
Petroleum ether | ++ | − | − | − | +++ | − | − | − | − |
+++: very abundant; ++: moderately abundant; +: present; −: absent.