Research Article
Assessment of Anticholinesterase Activity of Gelidiella acerosa: Implications for Its Therapeutic Potential against Alzheimer’s Disease
Table 4
Preliminary phytochemical screening of different solvent extracts of Gelidiella acerosa.
| | S. no. | Compounds | Petroleum ether | Hexane | Benzene | Dichloromethane | Chloroform | Ethyl acetate | Acetone | Methanol | Water | DMSO |
| | 1 | Alkaloids | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | − | − | − | − | | 2 | Terpenoids | + | − | ++ | + | − | + | ++ | − | − | − | | 3 | Ketonic terpenoids | − | − | + | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | − | − | | 4 | Cardiac glycosides | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | + | − | − | | 5 | Tannins | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | | 6 | Flavonoids | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | 7 | Steroids | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | 8 | Anthraquinones | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
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−: No response; +: low content; ++: high content.
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