Pharmacognostical and Phytochemical Studies and Biological Activity of Curculigo latifolia Plant Organs for Natural Skin-Whitening Compound Candidate

Table 2

Phytochemical profile of each extract by specific reagent.

Organ	Extract	Group of compounds
		Phenolic	Flavonoid	Saponin	Steroid/terpenoid	Alkaloid
						Mayer	Dragendorff	Wagner
Leaves	Hexane extract	+	+	—	—	—	—	+
	Ethyl acetate extract	+	+	—	+	—	—	—
	Ethanol extract	+	+	—	+	—	—	+
Stems	Hexane extract	+	+	—	+	—	—	+
	Ethyl acetate extract	+	+	—	+	—	—	—
	Ethanol extract	+	+	+	+	—	—	+
Roots	Hexane extract	+	—	—	+	—	—	—
	Ethyl acetate extract	+	+	—	+	—	—	—
	Ethanol extract	+	+	+	—	—	—	—

Note. “—” indicates the absence of compounds and “+” indicates the presence of compounds.