Table 2 Phytochemicals screening of the ethanolic seed extracts of eight jujube cultivars
From: Apoptosis-inducing effects of jujube (Zǎo) seed extracts on human Jurkat leukemia T cells
Phyto-chemicals | Presence of phyto-chemical | Jujube cultivars | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‘Samros’ | ‘Bombay’ | ‘Apple’ | ‘Taiwan’ | ‘Nomsod’ | ‘Jumbo’ | ‘Kaew’ | ‘Rianthong’ | ||
Alkaloids | Orange or reddish brown precipitate | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | + |
Flavonoids | Colorless | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Saponins | Permanent foam | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Reducing sugar | Orange red precipitate | − | − | − | − | +++ | − | ++ | +++ |