Oral acute toxicity and antimalarial potentials of aqueous and methanolic extracts of roots, leaves and stem of Dictyandra arborescens (Welw.) on Plasmodium berghei infected mice

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Phytochemicals present in aqueous and methanolic extracts of roots, leaves and stem of D.arborescens

Phytochemical	Specific test	DALM	DASM	DARM	DALA	DASA	DARA
Saponins	Frothing test	+	+	+	+	+	+
Alkaloids	Wagner's test	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Dragendorff's test
Cardiac glycosides	Keller-Kilani test	+	+	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	Salkowski test	+	+	+	+	+	+
Steroids	Liebermann-Burchard test	+	+	+	+	+	+
Phenols	Ferricchloride test	+	+	+	+	AB	+
Flavonoids	Sodium Hydroxide test	+	+	+	+	+	+
Oxalate	Oxalate test	+	+	AB	+	+	AB
Phytate	Colorimetric assay	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tanins	Ferricchloride test	+	+	+	+	+	+

+ = present, AB = Absent
DALM = D.arborescens leaves methanol, DASM = D.arborescens stem methanol, DARM = D. arborescens root methanol, DALA = D.arborescens leaves aqueous, DASA = D.arborescens stem aqueous, DARA = D.arborescens root aqueous