Research Article

Phytochemical Screening and In Vitro Evaluation of the Antioxidant Potential of Dichloromethane Extracts of Strychnos henningsii Gilg. and Ficus sycomorus L.

Table 1

Phytochemical screening of DCM leaf extracts of S. henningsii and stem bark of F. sycomorus.

CompositionF. sycomorusS. henningsii

Saponins++
Alkaloids++
Terpenoids+āˆ’
Flavonoids++
Steroids++
Phenolics++
Cardiac glycosides++

+, present; āˆ’, absence.