In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of the Solvent Fractions of Fruit Rind and Root of Carica papaya Linn (Caricaceae) against Plasmodium berghei in Mice

Table 7

Qualitative phytochemical screening of the solvent fractions of fruit rind and root of Carica papaya.

Secondary metabolites	C. papaya fruit rind fractions			Carica papaya root fractions
	Pet ether	Chloroform	Methanol	Pet ether	Chloroform	Methanol
Alkaloids	+	+	+	+	+	+
Flavonoids	+	+	−	+	+	−
Polyphenols	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tannins	+	+	+	+	+	+
Terpenoids	+	+	+	+	+
Cardiac glycosides	−	−	−	−	−	−
Saponin	−	−	+	−	−	−

Note. + indicates the presence and − indicates absence of particular metabolites.