Chemical Composition of Essential Oil, Phenolic Compounds Content, and Antioxidant Activity of Cistus monspeliensis from Northern Morocco

Table 3

Results of phytochemical tests carried out on the different extracts.

Phytoconstituents	HXE	WAE	EAE	BUE	AQE
Steroids and triterpenes	+	−	−	−	−
Hydrolysable tannins	−	+	+	+	+
Condensed tannins	−	+	−	+	+
Flavonoids	−	+	+	+	−
Saponins	−	+	−	−	+++
Reducing sugars	−	+	−	+	+
Glycosides	−	+	+	+	+

(+), presence; (−), absence. WAE, water-acetone extract; EAE, ethyl acetate extract; BUE, butanoic extract; AQE, aqueous extract.