Evaluation of the Antidiarrheal Activity of Hydromethanol Crude Extracts of Ruta chalepensis and Vernonia amygdalina in Mice

Table 3

Preliminary phytochemical screening of hydromethanol crude extracts of Ruta chalepensis and Vernonia amygdalina leaves.

Secondary metabolites	Ruta chalepensis crude extract	Vernonia amygdalina crude extract
Alkaloids	+	+
Tannins	+	+
Saponins	+	+
Terpenoids	+	−
Steroids	+	−
Flavonoids	+	−
Anthraquinones	−	−
Cardiac glycosides	+	−

+ = present and − = absent.