Phytochemical Screening and In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Two Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants of Afar Region, Ethiopia, against Plasmodium berghei in Swiss Albino Mice

Table 1

Results of the phytochemical screening of the extracts of two plants traditionally used in Afar, Ethiopia.

Major tested phytoconstituents	Extracts
	B. rotundifolia	S. persica
Phenol	-Ve	-Ve
Flavanoid	+Ve	-Ve
Tannin	-Ve	-Ve
Steroids	-Ve	+Ve
Triterpenoids	+Ve	+Ve
Steroidal glycosides	-Ve	+Ve
Alkaloids	+Ve	+Ve
Quinines	-Ve	+Ve
Saponins	+Ve	-Ve
Resins	-Ve	+Ve
Glycosides	+Ve	+Ve

+: secondary metabolite present.
-: secondary metabolite absent.