Investigation of the antiobesity and antioxidant properties of wild Plumbago europaea and Plumbago auriculata from North Palestine

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Phytochemical classes identified in the aqueous, acetone, and methanolic extracts of both plumbago studied species

Phytochemical classes	Aqueous extract		Methanolic extract		Acetone extract
Phytochemical classes	P. europaea	P. auriculata	P. europaea	P. auriculata	P. europaea	P. auriculata
Cardiac glycosides	++	+	++	+	+++	++
Saponin glycosides	−	−	−	−	−	−
Alkaloids	−	−	−	−	−	−
Starch	+++	++	−	−	−	−
Phenols	++	+	++	+	++	+
Volatile oil	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tannin	+	+	++	+	++	+
Phytosteroids	++	+	+++	++	+++	++
Flavonoids	++	+	+++	++	+++	++

(−) means the absence of the content, (+) means low content, (++) means mild content, and (+++) means high content