Antibacterial Activity of Eight Medicinal Plants from the Traditional Pharmacopoeia of Niger

Table 4

Results of phytochemical screening of plant extracts.

Code extracts	Alkaloid	Tannins	Flavonoids	Saponosides	Quinone	Terpene/sterol	Polyphenols
PPME	+	+	+	−	+	+	+
PPET	+	+	+	−	+	+	+
PPAQ	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
XAME	−	+	+	+	+	+	+
XAET	−	+	+	+	+	+	+
SIME	−	+	+	−	−	+	+
SIET	−	+	+	−	−	+	+
BLME	−	+	+	+	+	+	+

Absence = −, presence = +, PPME: Phyllanthus pentandrus methanol, PPET: Phyllanthus pentandrus ethanol, PPAQ: Phyllanthus pentandrus aqueous, SIME: Strychnos innocua methanol, SIET: Strychnos innocua ethanol, BLME: Blepharis linariifolia methanol, XAME: Ximenia americanum methanol, and XAET: Ximenia americanum ethanol.