International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy
Table 5 Phytochemical examination results
Solvent System | Single solvent system | Multiple solvent systems (Gradient Extracts) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chemical for test | Reagent | E | W | PE | CF | EA | GE | GW |
Alkaloids | Mayer’s reagent | + | – | – | – | + | + | – |
Dragendorff reagent | + | – | – | – | + | + | – | |
Hager reagent | + | – | – | – | + | + | – | |
Wagner reagent | + | – | – | – | + | + | – | |
Glycosides | Borntrager’s | – | + | – | – | – | – | + |
Mod. Borntrager’s | + | + | + | + | – | + | + | |
Killer-Killiani | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Legal’s | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Baljet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Forth formation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Tannin | Fecl3 test | + | – | – | – | + | + | – |
Gelatine test | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Protein and amino acid | Biuret test | – | + | – | – | – | – | – |
Ninhydrine test | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | |
Hydrolysis test | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Heat test | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Steroid | Salkowski | + | + | – | + | + | + | + |
Flavonoids | Shinoda test | + | + | – | – | – | + | + |
Zn-HCl test | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | |
Carbohydrate | Molisch’s test | + | + | – | – | – | + | + |