Table 6 Phytochemical screening of methanol and ethanol crude extracts of test plants
Plant name | Solvent | Secondary metabolite | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alkaloids | Flavonoids | Terpinoids | Tannin | Saponin | Phenols | ||
Azadirachta indica | Ethanol | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Methanol | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Ocimum lamiifolium | Ethanol | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Methanol | + | − | + | + | + | + | |
Ocimum americanum | Ethanol | − | − | + | − | − | + |
Methanol | − | − | + | − | − | + | |
Moringa olifeira leaf | Ethanol | + | + | + | + | + | _ |
Methanol | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Moringa olifeira seed | Ethanol | + | + | + | − | − | − |
Methanol | + | + | + | − | − | + | |