Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of Seven Underinvestigated Medicinal Plants against Microbial Pathogens

Table 2

Qualitative analysis of phytochemicals of the methanolic extracts of seven medicinal plants.

Phytochemical groups	Plant extracts
	Hd	Lm	Tm	Cs	Am	Cb	Pp
Alkaloids	−	+	−	+	−	+	−
Phenols	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Flavonoids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Saponins	+	+	+	+	−	+	−
Triterpenes	+	+	−	−	+	−	+
Steroids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Anthraquinone	−	−	+	−	+	−	−
Tannins	+	+	+	+	+	−	+

+: presence of phytochemicals, −: absence of phytochemicals, Hd: H. decumbens, Lm: L. macrocarpa, Tm: T. mauritianum, Cs: C. stelluliferum, Am: A. manniana, Cb: C. bougheyanum, Pp: P. peduncularis.