While this activity confirms the use of this plant in the traditional treatment of ailments including parasitic diseases [163, 164, 165], phytochemical evaluation of trypanocidal activities were not reported before.
In Table 9 results of phytochemical evaluation of different parts of different extracts and subfractions of Ballota nigra were shown.
Phytochemical evaluation of the leaves of S. dulcis revealed the presence of tannins, flavonoids, saponins and alkaloids.
One of the researches on phytochemical evaluation of a medicinal plant showed the presence of bryophyllum A, B and C, a potent cytotoxic bufadienolide orthoacetate [ 41].
In conclusion, the current endeavor has accomplished a widespread investigation of in vitro propagation by adventitious shoot proliferation, phytochemical evaluation, and free radical scavenging analysis in pharmaceutically important S. kakudensis.
In the present study, the flowers of P. venusta were subjected to phytochemical evaluation and GC-MS analyses but the compounds responsible for the antioxidant activity need to be explored.
Qualitative phytochemical evaluation was performed on aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Dracaena arborea to determine the presence of flavonoids (test of Shinoda), sterols (Libermann Buchard test), phenols (ferric chloride test), alkaloids (Dragendorff test) and saponins (Saponification test).
A qualitative phytochemical evaluation was performed on the aqueous root extracts to determine the presence of carbohydrates (Barfoed's test), flavonoids (test of Shinoda), phytosterols (Libermann Buchard test), phenols (ferric chloride test), alkaloids (Dragendorff test), proteins (Biuret test) and saponins (Saponification test) following the methods as described by Harbourne [ 17].
Possibly the antioxidant and anticancer activities of ethanolic and ethyl acetate extracts of N. arbortristis are influenced by the presence of phytoconstituents which is in accordance with the findings of phytochemical evaluation which indicated the presence of flavonoids, phenolics, Crocin-3, and Arborside C in extracts with promising activity.
Phytochemical screening and evaluation of some medicinal plants for their in vitro activities on Trypanosoma evansi.
