Table 1.
Phytoconstituent analysis of the hydromethanolic extract and solvent fractions of Commelina latifolia.
Secondary metabolites | Crude extract |
Solvent fractions |
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80% methanol extract | Chloroform fraction | Methanol fraction | Aqueous fraction | |
Alkaloids | + | + | + | + |
Anthraquinones | − | − | − | − |
Cardiac glycosides | + | + | + | − |
Flavonoids | + | + | − | − |
Phenolic compounds | + | − | + | − |
Phlobatannins | + | − | + | − |
Saponins | + | + | − | + |
Tannins | + | + | + | + |
Terpenoids | + | + | − | − |
+ = present; − = absent.