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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Phytochemical screening of different parts of Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. and Wendl

From: Variation for caffeic acid and phenolic content in different plant parts of Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. and Wendl. – a commercially important dashmool species

S. No.

Phytochemical constituents

Plant parts

Aqueous extract

Methanol extract

Ethanol extract

Petroleum Ether extract

Ethyl Acetate extract

Diethyl Ether extract

Chloroform extract

1.

Flavanoids

Stem

+

+

Leaves

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

+

Roots

2.

Terpenoids

Stem

+

+

+

+

+

Leaves

+

+

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

+

+

+

Roots

+

+

+

+

+

+

3.

Steroids

Stem

+

+

+

Leaves

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

+

+

+

Roots

+

+

+

+

+

+

4.

Saponins

Stem

Leaves

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

Roots

5.

Tannins

Stem

Leaves

Fruits

Roots

6.

Alkaloids

Stem

+

+

+

Leaves

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

Roots

+

+

+

7.

Cardiac glycosides

Stem

+

+

+

+

Leaves

+

+

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

+

+

Roots

+

+

+

+

8.

Phenols

Stem

+

+

+

Leaves

+

+

+

Fruits

+

+

+

Roots

+

+

+

  1. (+) = detected and (−) = not detected