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Table 5 Preliminary phytochemical screening of the 80% methanol extract and solvent fractions of the leaves of Myrtus communis L

From: Evaluation of the antidiarrheal activity of the leaf extracts of Myrtus communis Linn (Myrtaceae) in mice model

Constituents

Crude extract

Solvent fraction

80ME

Chloroform

Methanol

Aqueous

Cardiac glycosides

+

_

+

+

Flavonoids

+

+

+

-

Alkaloids

_

_

_

_

Saponins

+

_

+

+

Steroids

_

+

_

_

Tannins

+

+

+

+

Terpenoids

+

+

+

_

  1. + = present; − = Absent