Antidiarrheal Effect of 80% Methanol Extract and Fractions of the Leaves of Ocimum lamiifolium in Swiss Albino Mice

Table 1

Results of phytochemical screening for the extracts of O. lamiifolium.

Chemical constituents	80% Methanol extract	Fractions
		n-Butanol	n-Hexane	Distilled water
Alkaloids	+	−	+	−
Flavonoids	+	+	+	+
Phenols	+	+	−	+
Tannins	+	+	+	−
Saponins	+	+	+	+
Steroids	+	+	+	−
Glycosides	+	−	−	+
Anthraquinones	+	+	+	−
Cardiac glycosides	−	−	−	−
Terpenoids	+	−	+	−

Key: (+) = present (−) = absent.