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Table 2 Preliminary chemical composition of the studied plant extracts

From: Antibacterial and antibiotic-modulation activity of six Cameroonian medicinal plants against Gram-negative multi-drug resistant phenotypes

Plant

Part used*

Phenols

Tannins

Flavonoids

Saponins

Alkaloids

Anthraquinones

Cardiac glycosides

Steroids

Triterpenes

A. melanantha

W

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

-

-

A. Schweinfurthii

B

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

F

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

L

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

B. platyphylla

W

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

-

E. floribundus

W

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

N. latifolia

B

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

+

+

F

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

L

+

+

-

-

-

+

+

+

+

Z. scobra

W

+

-

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

  1. Extract were from [B stem bark, F fruits, L leaves, W whole plant]. (+): Present; (-): Absent