In Vitro Study of Antiamoebic Activity of Methanol Extracts of Argemone mexicana on Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica HM1-IMSS

Table 1

Chemical tests of the methanol extract of Argemone mexicana.

Phytochemical tests
KMnO4 (double bonds)	+
2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (carbonyl group)	−
NaOH (coumarins)	−
Baljet (sesquiterpene lactones)	−
Bornträger (quinones)	+
Liebermann–Burchard (sterols and triterpenes)	+
NaHCO3 (carboxyl group)	−
Ferric chloride (tannins)	+
Saponins	+
Shinoda (flavonoids)	+
Anthrone (carbohydrates)	+
Dragendorff (alkaloids)	+

−: negative; +: positive.