Abstract
A total of twenty-one folklore medicinal plant were collected from various parts of Libya. The plant extracts were screened for the presence of alkaloids, saponins, flavones, coumarins, terpenes, anthraquinones and tannins. The number of positive tests obtained was 26 for alkaloids (18.05%), 23 for saponins (15.97%), 20 for flavones (13.88%), 12 for coumarins (8.33%), 31 for terpenes (21.52%), 03 for anthraquinones (2.08%) and 30 for for tannins (20.83%). Thus, the plants can be utilized as a potential source of useful drugs.