<i>In Vivo</i> Cognitive-Enhancing, <i>Ex Vivo</i> Malondialdehyde-Lowering Activities and Phytochemical Profiles of Aqueous and Methanolic Stem Bark Extracts of <i>Piliostigma thonningii</i> (Schum.)

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Phytochemical</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2"><i>P. thonningii</i></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Methanolic extract</td><td class="align_center">Aqueous extract</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alkaloids</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cardenolide glycosides</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Anthraquinones</td><td class="align_center">-</td><td class="align_center">-</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Coumarins</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tannins</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Terpenoids</td><td class="align_center">-</td><td class="align_center">-</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Phenols</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Steroids</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Saponins</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Flavonoids</td><td class="align_center">+</td><td class="align_center">+</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>+ = present; - = absent.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Phytochemical profile of the aqueous and methanolic stem bark extracts of <i>P. thonningii</i>.</div>

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Table 5: <i>In Vivo</i> Cognitive-Enhancing, <i>Ex Vivo</i> Malondialdehyde-Lowering Activities and Phytochemical Profiles of Aqueous and Methanolic Stem Bark Extracts of <i>Piliostigma thonningii</i> (Schum.) 

Table 5 | In Vivo Cognitive-Enhancing, Ex Vivo Malondialdehyde-Lowering Activities and Phytochemical Profiles of Aqueous and Methanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) 