Sr |
Plant Constituents |
Test Performed |
Petroleum ether extract |
Methanol Extract |
Chloroform extract |
1 |
Carbohydrate &
Glycoside |
Benedict test
Fehling’s test
Molisch test |
_
_
_ |
+
_
_ |
_
_
_ |
2 |
Protein |
Xanthoprotic test
Millon’s test
Biuret test |
_
_
_
|
_
_
_ |
_
_
_ |
4 |
Alkaloid |
Mayer test
Dragondroff test |
_
_ |
+
_ |
_
_ |
6 |
Steroid |
Liberman
Buchard test
Salkowaski test |
+
+ |
+
+ |
+
+ |
8 |
Tannin |
Ferric chloride test |
_ |
_ |
_ |
9 |
Saponin |
Foam test |
_ |
+ |
_ |
where, _ refers to its absence and + refers to the presence of the metabolite in
the extract. |