Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity, Cytotoxicity, and Phytochemical Composition of Ocimum americanum L. (Lamiaceae)

Table 1

Phytochemical profile of Ocimum americanum L. crude extracts and their fractions.

Phytochemical screening
Phytochemical	AQ	AQ_CF	AQ_EA	ACE	ACE_CF	ACE_EA	HE	HE_CF	HE_EA
Alkaloids	+	+	+	−	−	−	+	−	−
Anthraquinones	−	−	−	+	+	−	−	−	−
Cardiac glycosides	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Cyanogenic glycosides	+	−	−	+	−	+	+	−	−
Flavonoids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Reducing sugars	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Saponins	+	+	−	−	−	−	+	+	+
Tannins	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	−	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
Phenolics	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Polyuronides	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Phytosterols	−	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+

Note. (+): presence of phytochemical; (−): absence of phytochemical. AQ: aqueous crude extract; ACE: acetone crude extract; HE: hydroethanolic crude extract; AQ_CF: chloroform fraction of the aqueous crude extract; AQ_EA: ethyl acetate fraction of the aqueous crude extract; ACE_CF: chloroform fraction of the acetone crude extract; AC_EA: ethyl acetate fraction of the acetone crude extract; HE_CF: chloroform fraction of the hydroethanolic crude extract; HE_EA: ethyl acetate fraction of the hydroethanolic crude extract.