Research Article
Susceptibility of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus mutans to Antibacterial Effect from Mammea americana
Table 2
Phytochemical screening of the oily and ethanolic phases.
| Chemical components | Oily phase | Ethanolic phase |
| Flavonoides (xanthone and flavone) | − | + | Leucoanthocyanidins | + | − | Phenolic compounds | +++ | +++ | Quinones | − | − | Cardiac glycosides | − | − | Steroid nucleus | − | + | Alkaloids | − | − | Coumarins | +++ | +++ | Tannins | ++ | +++ | Saponins | − | − |
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Absent: −; present: + (mild), ++ (moderate), and +++ (severe).
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