Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and antidiarrhoeal activities of methanol and ethyl acetate extract of Hemigraphis alternata leaves in mice

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 1 Phytochemical screening of MHAL and EAHAL

Phytoconstituents	Test name	Observation of various extracts
Phytoconstituents	Test name	MHAL	EAHAL
Carbohydrates	Molisch’s test	+	+
	Fehling’s test	–	–
Alkaloids	Mayer’s test	–	–
Saponins	Frothing test	–	+
Tannins	FeCl₃ test	+	+
Flavonoids	Alkali test	+	–
Triterpenoids	Salkowski’s test	+	+
Glycosides	Keller-killiani test	+	+
Fat & Fixed oils	CuSO4 test	+	+

+: presence of specific phytoconstituents; −: absence of specific phytoconstituents