Effect of Boiling on the Nutrient Composition of Solanum Torvum

Table 4

Phytochemical screening of Solanum torvum fruit and leaves.

	Saponins	Tannins	Flavonoids	Terpenoids/steroids	Lycosides
					H2SO4	H2O
Fresh fruits	+	+	_	_	+	+
Boiled fruits	+	+	_	_	_	+
Fresh leaves	+	+	+	+	+	+
Boiled leaves	+	+	+	+	+	+

Positive (+) means present and negative (-) means absent of constituent.