Use of Moringa oleifera Flower Pod Extract as Natural Preservative and Development of SCAR Marker for Its DNA Based Identification

Table 4

Phytochemical analysis of flower pods extracts of Moringa oleifera.

		Methanol extract	Ethanol extract	Chloroform extract	Acetone extract	Aqueous extract
Alkaloid	Wagner’s test	+	−	+	−	+
Anthraquinone	Borntrager’s test	−	−	−	−	−
Flavonoid	Alkaline reagent test	+	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	Salkowski test (modified)	+	−	+	−	+
Tannins	Braemer’s test	+	+	+	+	+
Glycoside	Keller Kiliani test	+	+	+	+	+
Phenols	FeCl3 test	+	+	+	+	+
Steroids	Salkowski test	+	+	−	−	−

The sign “+” indicates “detection” and the sign “−” indicates “no detection” of compound in the extracts.