In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants in the Traditional Treatment of Skin and Wound Infections in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Preliminary phytochemical screening of crude extract of the studied plants.

Plant species	Phytochemicals
	Alkaloids	Saponins	Tannins	Flavonoids	Glycosides	Sterols	Phenolics
C. quadrangularis	++	+	++	++	-	-	+
C. benghalensis	+	-	+	++	-	-	+
E. heterophylla	++	+	++	+++	+	-	+
E. prostrata	+	+	++	++	+	-	+
G. villosa	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
M. schimperiana	++	+	-	+	-	-	+
Trianthema spp.	+	+	+	-	+	-	-
S. molle	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
S. incanum	+	+	+	+	-	-	+

+++: strongly detected; ++: moderately detected; +: slightly detected; -: not detectable.