Evaluation of Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, and Metabolite Profiling of Selected Medicinal Plants of Nepal

Table 2

Preliminary phytochemical screening of twelve sessional medicinal plants.

S. no.

Plants name

Alkaloids

Saponin

Tannin

Flavonoid

Vit. C

Oxalate

Phenolic

Glycoside

Phytate

Mayer’s test

Dandruff’s test

Hager’s test

Wagner’s test

Froth test

Lead acetate test

Liebermann–Burchard test

1

C. arietinum

+

+

−

+

−

+

+

+

−

2

M. koenigii

+

+

+

−

−

+

+

+

−

3

C. esculenta

+

+

+

−

+

+

+

+

+

4

A. viridis

+

+

+

+

−

+

+

−

+

−

−

5

I. batatas

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

−

+

−

−

6

A. paeoniifolius

+

+

+

+

−

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

R. sativus

+

+

−

−

−

+

−

+

+

−

8

N. cadamba

+

−

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

−

9

D. bulbifera

+

+

+

−

+

+

+

+

+

+

10

C. album

+

+

−

−

−

+

+

−

−

+

−

−

11

C. tamala

+

+

+

−

−

+

+

+

+

−

12

B. nigra

+

+

+

−

−

+

+

−

−

+

+

−

− indicates absence of phytoconstituents, + indicates presence of phytoconstituents, and indicates no determination of phytoconstituents.