Antimicrobial Activity against Oral Pathogens Confirms the Use of Musa paradisiaca Fruit Stalk in Ethnodentistry

Table 2

Percentage yield and qualitative phytochemical profile of the three extract fractions of Musa paradisiaca fruit stalk.

	Solvents for extraction
	Aqueous	Ethanol	Ethyl acetate
YieldN (%)	1.82 (9.10)	0.53 (2.65)	0.24 (1.20)
Phytochemicals
Phenols	+	+	+
Flavonoids	−	−	−
Anthraquinones	−	−	−
Tannins	−	−	−
Triterpenoids	+	−	+
Alkaloids	−	−	+
Cardiac glycosides	−	+	+

+ = present; − = absent; and N/Y × 100, where N = mass of the extract and Y = mass of dry powdered fruit stalk (20 g).