Research Article

In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of the 80 Methanolic Root Bark Extract and Solvent Fractions of Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. (Rubiaceae) against Plasmodium berghei

Table 8

Preliminary phytochemical screening of the hydroalcoholic extract and solvent fractions of Gardenia ternifolia root barks.

PhytoconstituentsCrude ExtractButanol FractionChloroform FractionAqueous Fraction

Alkaloids+++-
Anthocyanins++-+
Flavonoids+++-
Glycosides----
Phenols++--
Saponins++++
Steroids+++-
Tannins+++-
Terpenoids+-+-

-, absent; +, present.