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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Preliminary phytochemical test of ethanol extract from A. rotundifolia Roxb. leaves

From: Acute and sub-acute (30-day) toxicity studies of Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb., leaves extract in Wistar rats: safety assessment of a rare mangrove traditionally utilized as pain antidote

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Phytochemicals

Tests performed

Inference

1.

Alkaloids

Mayer’s test

+

Dragondorff’s test

+

Wagner’s test

+

Hagers’s test

+

2.

Carbohydrates

Molisch’s test

+

Fehling’s test

+

Benedict’s test

+

3.

Proteins and amino acids

Biuret test

Ninhydrin test

Xanthoproteic test

Millon’s test

4.

Tannins

Ferric chloride test

+

5.

Steroids and sterols

Liberman Burchard test

+

Salkowski’s test

+

6.

Triterpenoids

Sulphuric acid test

+

7.

Cardiac glycoside

Keller killiani test

8.

Saponins

Foam test

+

9.

Flavonoids

Shinoda test

+

Ferric chloride test

+

Lead acetate test

+

Zn dust test

+

  1. (−) Absent, (+) Present