Study of the Antimalarial Activity of the Leaf Extracts and Fractions of Persea americana and Dacryodes edulis and Their HPLC Analysis

Table 5

Results of phytochemical analysis of the leaf extract and fractions of P. americana and D. edulis.

Phytochemicals	PA	PAH	PAE	PAM	PAW	DE	DEH	DEE	DEM
Alkaloids	+	−	+	+	−	+	+	+	+
Saponins	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tannins	+	−	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
Flavonoids	+	−	−	+	−	+	−	−	+
Steroids	+	+	−	−	−	+	+	+	−
Glycosides	+	−	−	+	−	+	−	+	+

PA = P. americana leaf crude extract, PAH = P. americana hexane fraction; PAE = P. americana ethyl acetate fraction; PAM : P. americana methanol fraction; PAW = P. americana water fraction; DE = D. edulis leaf crude extract; DEH = D. edulis hexane fraction; DEE = D. edulis ethyl acetate fraction; DEM = D. edulis methanol fraction; + = present; − = absent.