Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl: From Traditional Usage to Pharmacological Evidence

Table 1

A summary of phytochemical constituents present in different parts of S. jamaicensis (L.) Vahl (aerial, leaf, stem, and root) [1–3, 15, 17, 37, 48, 49].

Phytochemical compositions	Plant part
	Leaf extract	Stem extract	Root extract	Aerial extracts
Alkaloids	+	+		+
Amino acids
Anthraquinone
Carboxylic acids
Carbohydrates	+	+		+
Coumarin
Flavonoids	+	+	+	+
Glycoside	+			+
Phenol	+	+	+
Phlobotanin	+
Proteins	+	+
Quinone	+
Saponins	+		+	+
Starch
Steroids	+
Tannins	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	+	+	+

+ = present; − = absent.