In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Methanolic Extracts of Caesalpinia volkensii Harms., Vernonia lasiopus O. Hoffm., and Acacia hockii De Wild

Table 1

Qualitative phytochemical composition of methanolic leaf extracts of C. volkensii and V. lasiopus and stem bark extracts A. hockii.

Phytochemicals	C. volkensii	V. lasiopus	Acacia hockii
Flavonoids	+	+	+
Phenols	+	+	+
Steroids	−	−	+
Saponins	+	+	+
Alkaloids	+	+	+
Cardiac glycosides	−	−	+
Terpenoids	+	+	+

+, present; −, absent