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Plant species Alkaloids Flavonoids Saponins Anthra-<br />
Hypoxis<br />
hemerocallidea<br />
+<br />
+<br />
Lippia javanica +<br />
Pentanisia<br />
prunelloides<br />
Sclerocarya<br />
birrea<br />
Solanum<br />
uculeastrum<br />
Trichilia<br />
dregeana<br />
Warbugia<br />
salutaris<br />
(Muwanga,<br />
2006)<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
89<br />
quinones<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
Cardiac<br />
glycosides<br />
+<br />
+ (Muwanga,<br />
2006)<br />
+<br />
NPR<br />
+<br />
NPR<br />
+<br />
+ (Oluwole et<br />
al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole et<br />
al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole et<br />
al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
Tanins<br />
+<br />
+<br />
(Muwanga,<br />
2006)<br />
-<br />
NPR<br />
+<br />
NPR<br />
+<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
-<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
+<br />
+ (Oluwole<br />
et al., 2007)<br />
+ = positive; - = negative, NPR = No previous report or information available in the<br />
literature.<br />
5.4. DISCUSSION<br />
Six <strong>of</strong> the plants were found to have alkaloids; three had flavonoids; seven had<br />
cardiac glycosides; ten had tannins; none had saponins and one had anthraquinones<br />
(Table 5.1). In this study very basic phytochemical methods were used for testing the<br />
plant extracts. The variation in the results between this study and those found in the<br />
literature confirms it. It is thus recommended that these plant extracts should be<br />
retested with either HPLC (High performance liquid chromatography) or GC (Gas<br />
Chromatography) methods to be more accurate.<br />
-<br />
NPR