Phytochemical Screening of Pentadesma butyracea Sabine (Clusiaceae) Acclimated in Benin by GC/MS

Table 1

Chemical families identified in P. butyracea leaves.

Mucilage	Free; antraquinones	Coumarin	Gallic; tannins	Flavones	Leucoanthocyanines	Saponins; (foam index)	Sterols and; triterpenes
+++	+	+++	+++	++	+	++ (50.0)	++

+++: abundant; ++: average; +: very little.