Table 4-B. Preliminary qualitative phytochemical tests results from the ethanol extracts and fractions of plants inhibiting the in vitro PBMCs proliferation
Plants | Lonicera japonica | Schefflera heptaphylla | Caesalpinia sappan |
Phytochemicals | EtOH | CL | EA | H2O | EtOH | CL | EA | H2O | EtOH | CL | EA | H2O |
Tritepenoids | +++ | ++ | - | - | + | + | + | + | +++ | ++ | + | |
Alkaloids | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anthranoids | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | +++ | + | + | + |
Flavonoids | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ++++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Total phenolic | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | - | ++ | ++ | + | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Saponins | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | - |
Reducing sugars | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | - |
EtOH: ethanol extract; CL: chloroform extract; EA: ethyl acetate extract; H2O: water extract; (-): negative reaction; (+): positive reaction