Antimalarial Efficacy and Toxicological Assessment of Extracts of Some Ghanaian Medicinal Plants

Table 2

The major phytochemicals present in the extracts of the selected plants.

Plant Extract	Flavonoids	Alkaloids	Tannins	Sterols	Glycosides	Coumarins
Paspalum scrobiculatum	-	-	++	-	-	-
Bidens pilosa	++	-	++	++	+	-
Acridocarpus alternifolius	++	-	++	++	+	+
Clappertonia ficifolia	++	-	++	++	-	+
Mitragyna ciliata	-	-	++	++	-	-
Parinari congensis	++	-	++	++	+	-
Monanthotaxis caffra	-	-	++	-	-	-
Datura stramonium	++	-	++	-	+	+
Faurea speciosa	-	+	++	-	-	+
Syzygium guineense	++	-	++	-	-	+
Croton penduliflorus Hutch	+	-	++	-	+	-

(-) Absent; (+) present; and (++) strongly present.