Evaluation of the Antiulcer Activity of Methanolic Extract and Solvent Fractions of the Leaves of Calpurnia aurea (Ait.) Benth. (Fabaceae) in Rats

Table 1

Phytochemical screening of the leaf of Calpurnia aurea crude extract and solvent fractions.

Secondary metabolites	Tests utilized for screening	Crude extract	Chloroform fraction	Ethyl acetate fraction	Aqueous fraction
Alkaloids	Wagner’s test	+	−	+	−
Tannins	Ferric chloride test	+	−	+	+
Terpenoids	Salkowski’s test	+	−	+	+
Flavonoids	Lead acetate test	+	−	+	+
Saponins	Foam test	+	−	+	+
Phenols	Sodium hydroxide test	+	−	+	+
Steroids	Salkowski’s test	+	+	−	−
Glycosides	Glycoside test	+	+	+	+
Anthraquinones	Borntrager’s test	−	−	−	−

Note: (+): present, (−): absent.