The Chemical Featuring, Toxicity, and Antimicrobial Activity of Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae) Leaves

Table 1

Classes of chemical substances found in the ethanol extract and in the fractions.

Group of metabolites	Ethanol extract	Fraction
		Hexane	Dichloromethane	Ethyl acetate
Saponin	+	−	−	−
Phenolic compounds	+	−	+	+
Flavonoids	+	−	+	+
Tannins	+	−	+	+
Steroids	+	+	+	−
Catechins	+	+	−	−
Coumarin	−	−	−	−
Alkaloids	−	−	−	−
Polysaccharides	−	−	−	−

+: present; −: undetected.