Research Article
Antimicrobial Activity of Perspiration Pads and Cotton Cloth Fabricated with the Ethyl Acetate Extract of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
Table 1
Phytochemical screening of the ethyl acetate extract of fresh waterhyacinth.
| | S. number | Phytochemicals | Ethyl acetate extract |
| | 1 | Alkaloids | | | a | Meyers test | + | | b | Wagner’s test | + | | c | Hager’s test | + | | 2 | Flavonoids | | | a | Lead acetate test | − | | b | H2SO4 test | − | | 3 | Sterols | | | a | H2SO4 test | − | | b | Liebermann-Burchard test | + | | 4 | Terpenoids | | | a | Chloroform test | + | | b | Liebermann-Burchard test | − | | 5 | Anthraquinone | | | a | Borntrager’s test | + | | 6 | Anthocyanins | | | a | NaOH test | − | | 7 | Proteins | | | a | Ninhydrin test | − | | 8 | Phenolics | | | a | Ferric chloride test | − | | b | Liebermann’s test | + | | 9 | Quinones | | | a | HCl test | + | | 10 | Carbohydrates | | | a | Molisch’s test | + | | b | Fehling’s test | + | | 11 | Saponin | | | a | Foam test | − | | 12 | Tannin | | | a | Braymer’s test | − |
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