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PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF Leea guineensis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Neji, Peter Amba Neji, Hope Amba Ushie, O. A. Ojong, O. O. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The phytochemical screening and antimicrobial prope ties of the leaf extracts of Leea guineensis was studied. A number of solvents and solvent-mixtures were used to assess the most effective solvent type that is recommended for the extraction of the active compon ents of this plant. Two extraction methods were employed: cold and Soxhlet extraction. The phytoche mical screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, and cardiac glycosid es in all the samples of ethanol and hexane/acetone/methanol mixture extracts. The antim icrobial test results revealed that the plant extra cts exhibited efficacy against a number of microbes ( Eschericha coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Baccillus substillus, Streptococus pneumonia, Psudomonas aero ginosa and Candidas alblican) that were used in the study by exhibiting clear zones of inhibition again st these microbes. The finding of this study recomm ends the use of either ethanol as a single solvent or a solvent system with a mixture of hexane/acetone/met hanol with increasing polarities. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |