Phytochemical Constituents, Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity, Antimicrobial, Antitrypanosomal, and Antimalarial Potentials of the Crude Extracts of Callistemon citrinus

Table 3

Qualitative phytochemical screening of ethyl acetate and methanolic extracts of Callistemon citrinus.

Phytochemical constituents	Test	Ethyl acetate extract	Methanol extract
Saponins	Foam test	+	+
Glycosides	Keller–Killiani test	+	−
Alkaloid	Mayer’s and Wagner’s tests	+	+
Steroids and triterpenoids	Salkowski’s test	+	+
Phenols and tannins	Ferric chloride test	+	+
Flavonoids	Shinoda test	+	+
Fats and oils	Stain test	+	+

(+) = present, (−) = absent.