Table 1.

Result of qualitatitive and quantitative phytochemical analysis of aqueous extract of ocimum gratissimum leaf. As presented in Table 1 below, the phytochemical analysis results of aqueous extract of O. gratissimum leaf show that it is very rich in polyphenol, flavonoids, alkaloids, phytosterol and ascorbic acid.

Phytochemical	Total phytosterol	polyphenol	alkaloid	tanins	flavonoids	saponins	ascorbate
qualitative	+	++	++	+	++	+	++
quantitative	0.67 mg ± 2.35 mg/g	4.55 ± 1.39 mg/g GAE/g	2.56 ± 2.40 mg/g	0.45 ± 0.45 mg/g TAE/g	0.77 ± 1.95 mg/g QE/g	0.89 ± 1.98 mg/g	15.50 ± 0.43 mg/g

+ = Present; ++ = highly present; TAE = tanic acid equivalent; GA = Galic acid equivalent; QE = Quercitin Equivalent.