3.1 Preliminary Phytochemical Screening
Table 1 presents preliminary phytochemical screening results ofS. mombin leaf extracts obtained from methanol (SMM). Experiments were performed in triplicates.
The presence of alkaloids, anthraquinones derivatives, terpenoids, saponins, flavonoids and tannins were identified in the leaf extract except for steroids. This result is in line with other authors who have reported the same (Ayoka et al., 2005, Nworu et al., 2007, Igwe et al., 2010, Shittu et al., 2014).
Table 1: Phytochemical screening of methanolic leaf extracts of Spondias mombin.