Table 1.

Qualitative phytochemical analysis of methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and n-Hexane extracts of G. hispida and H. crispum.

Phytochemicals	H. crispum					G. hispida
	HCM	HCE	HCEA	HCCHL	HCHEX	GHM	GHE	GHEA	GHCHL	GHHEX
Alkaloids	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+
Flavonoid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Glycosides	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Phenols	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Steroids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Saponins	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tannins	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Quinone	+	+	–	–	–	+	+	–	–	–
Coumarin	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	+

‘+’ and ‘-’ indicates the presence and absence of secondary metabolites in selected plant extracts. (HCM: H. crispum methanolic extract; HCE: H. crispum ethanolic extract; HCEA: H. crispum ethyl acetate extract; HCCHL: H. crispum chloroform extract; HCHEX: H. crispum n-Hexane extract; GHM: G. hispida methanolic extract; GHE: G. hispida ethanolic extract; GHEA: G. hispida ethyl acetate extract; GHCHL: G. hispida chloroform extract; GHHEX: G. hispida n-Hexane extract).