Acute and 28-Day Repeated-Dose Oral Toxicity Assessment of Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. in Healthy Wistar Rats

Table 4

Phytoconstituents present in the selected extracts of Abelmoschus moschatus.

	Hexane extract	Ethyl acetate extract	Butanol extract	Aqueous extract
Phenolic compounds	+	++	+++	++++
Tannins	−	−	+	+
Flavonoids	−	−	++	+
Steroid glycosides	−	−	−	+
Coumarins	−	−	−	−
Terpenoids	−	−	+	+
Saponins	−	−	−	+
Alkaloids	−	−	−	−

The presence of phytoconstituents is expressed as + whereas the absence of phytoconstituents is expressed as −. The degree of presence is expressed as follows: +: present and in mild level; ++: present and in moderate level; +++: present and in higher level; ++++: present and in abundant level.