Extraction: 100 g of the plant materials
were milled and chopped to some suitable
steaks and extracted with methanol in a
soxhelet extractor for 24 h. The methanol was
removed under reduced pressure and the
extract kept in the refrigerator until used.
Phytochemical screenings were performed as
described in previous works. The following
methods were applied to identification of
flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and saponins.