Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Ethnobotanical Documentation, Phytochemical Screening, and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used to Manage Snakebite Envenomation in Mwingi West Subcounty, Kenya

Table 4

Qualitative phytochemical composition of the aqueous, methanolic, and dichloromethane extracts of the studied plants.
PhytochemicalEntada leptostachya stem barkSenna singueana (Delile) rootsSecuridaca longipendunculata rootsStrychnos henningsii Gilg stem bark
Aq.Me.Dc.Aq.Me.Dc.Aq.Me.Dc.Aq.Me.Dc.
Alkaloids++−++−++−++−
Flavonoids+−−++−++−++−
Saponins++−+−−++−++−
Tannins++−++−++−++−
Phenols++−++−++−++−
Note. +: present; −: absent; Aq.: aqueous extract; Me.: methanolic extract; Dc.: dichloromethane extract.