Antidiarrheal Effect of 80% Methanol Extract and Fractions of the Roasted Seed of Coffea arabica Linn (Rubiaceae) in Swiss Albino Mice

Table 1

Results of phytochemical screening for the extracts of Coffea arabica Linn.

Chemical constituents	80% methanol extract	Fractions
		Ethyl acetate	Hexane	Aqueous residue
Alkaloids	+	+	−	+
Flavonoids	+	+	−	+
Phenols	+	+	−	+
Tannins	+	+	−	+
Saponins	+	+	−	+
Steroids	+	+	+	−
Glycosides	+	−	−	+
Anthraquinones	+	+	+	−
Cardiac glycosides	−	−	−	−
Terpenoids	+	+	+	-

Note: + = present; − = absent.