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Table 1 Qualitative chemical detection of flavonoids, glycosides and simple phenols in Plicosepalus acacia flower extracts

From: Mechanism of antidiabetic effects of Plicosepalus Acaciae flower in streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats, as complementary and alternative therapy

Extraction method

Simple phenol tests

Glycosides test

Flavonoids test

Ethanol

FeCl3 (+++)

Lead acetate (++)

Dil.HNO3 (+)

Borntrager (−)

Legal (++)

Keller-Killiani (+++)

FeCl3 (+++)

Lead acetate (+++)

Shinoda (+++)

Sodium hydroxide (+++)

Ethyl Acetate

FeCl3 (−)

Lead acetate (−)

Dil.HNO3 (−)

Borntrager (−)

Legal (+)

Keller-Killiani (++)

FeCl3 (−)

Lead acetate (−)

Shinoda (+)

Sodium Hydroxide (++)

  1. Sign (+) indicates present and sign (−) indicates absent