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This study reports on the in-vitro antifungal activity of Senna alata Linn. crude leaf extract on... more This study reports on the in-vitro antifungal activity of Senna alata Linn. crude leaf extract on clinical test Dermatophytes. The studies on the in-vitro investigation of antifungal activities of ethanolic extracts of Senna alata L. leaf was carried out. The test was conducted on Dermatophytes which included Dermatophytes of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. These fungi are the causative agents of various types of dermatophytosis, which attack various parts of the body and tend to the following conditions, Tinea capitis, Tinea cruris, Tinea coporis and Tinea pedis. The results obtained showed that the leaf exudates and the ethanol extract of the leaf of Senna alata L. exhil: had marked antifungal effects on Microsporum canis, Trichophyton jirrucosum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Epidermophyton jlorrcosum. The ethanolic extract showed the highest inhibition on trinchophyton verrucosuf, and Epidermophyton jloccosum with 20.50mm and 20.00mm zone of inhibitio...
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Jan 18, 2011
Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics, 2019
Weaning breakfast meals were produced by supplementing 1:1 maize-sorghum mix (MS) with raw, roast... more Weaning breakfast meals were produced by supplementing 1:1 maize-sorghum mix (MS) with raw, roasted and soaked cum steam cooked Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean). Supplementation brought about 5-7% increase in the protein levels of the compounded diets compared to the unfortified MS with crude protein 10.24%. The breakfast/weaning meals displayed a high dry matter content of 92.25-92.94%, crude fibre 3.65-4.78%, carbohydrate ranging from 72.82-77.03%. Mineral compositions of the meals showed ranges of P(11.03-18.27%), Ca(0.61-0.8%), K(10.9-23.0%), Na (1.53-3.07%), Fe (18.07-24.51 mg/kg) and Zn (5.8-11.48mg/kg). The meals showed profiles of oil absorption capacity, ranging from 63.33-73.33%, water absorption capacity of 90-96.67% and water oil absorption indices of less than 2. The water soluble vitamins comprised, in MS 5.0 and 56.7mg/l of thiamine and vitamin C respectively. Thiamine (10.30mg/l) in MS-raw bambara groundnut (rBG)decreased to 0.45 mg/l in MSRoasted Bambara Groun...
Bread is popular around the world and is one of the world's oldest foods. Bread is usually ma... more Bread is popular around the world and is one of the world's oldest foods. Bread is usually made from common wheat-flour dough. Till date most people are not familiar with other types of bread apart from that made from 100% wheat flour. When a part of wheat flour is replaced with flours from other food sources (yam, cassava, etc) the wheat gluten is automatically reduced. This study aimed at re-examining the approval of ten percent (10%) cassava flour inclusion in bread baking in Nigeria and evaluating higher % substitutions, with a view to increasing cassava carrying capacity for producing acceptable bread. The water absorption capacity (WAC) of wheat, cassava and composite flours ranged from 62.7 to 79% while oil absorption capacity (OAC) ranged from 4.5 to 72%. As cassava percent inclusion increased both WAC and OAC increased. Bread loaves produced from 10-20% inclusions without egg white had sensory scores of 3.2 to 3.9 and were significantly (p < 0.05) better than 25-30% ...
Heavy metal pollution still poses a serious threat to human and the environment especially in urb... more Heavy metal pollution still poses a serious threat to human and the environment especially in urban settlement where industrial and vehicular activities are most prevalent. This study was carried out to investigate the level of heavy metal pollution in two local government areas in Ibadan metropolis using the leaves of plants as bio-indicators. Composite samples of Tridax procumbens (Tridax plant), Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed), Pennisetum purpureum (Elephant grass), were collected from different sites in industrial areas, along roadsides in these local government areas and control site during dry season and were digested according to standard procedures. The lead concentration in the digested samples were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Result of the analysis shows a significant level of lead in the leaf samples. Leaves of Tridax procumbens were found to be the most tolerant specie and therefore the most suitable bioindicator for lead pollution among the thr...
All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are tr... more All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are traditionally used in the treatment of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases. In this study, we assessed the phytochemical and antioxidant profile of leaf, seed and fruit of Annona muricata (soursop). Using established conventional analytical methods qualitative/quantitative phytochemistry was carried out on aqueous/ethanol extract of air-dried samples of plant parts. Antioxidant potential of the parts was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging activity. Results showed that fruit-endocarp extract of A. muricata had the highest percentage yield (5.8%); closely followed by the leaf (4.9%). The qualitative phytochemical conducted on A. muricata revealed the presence of some bioactive compounds in all the parts. Aqueous extracts of the plant parts showed higher in vitro antioxidant potential compared to ethanol extracts, except the fruit-endocarp. The radical scavenging potential of...
ISSN: 2410-9649 Agunbiade et al / Chemistry International 6(3) (2020) 131-136 iscientic.org. 132 ... more ISSN: 2410-9649 Agunbiade et al / Chemistry International 6(3) (2020) 131-136 iscientic.org. 132 www.bosaljournals/chemint/ editorci@bosaljournals.com Certain physical and chemical changes affecting bread crust and crumb occur during their storage (He and Hoseney, 1990). Bread suffers from two major spoilage mechanisms, namely staling and microbial deterioration. Each of them alters bread’s stability and its eating qualities (Bartkiene et al., 2018; Debonne et al., 2020; Garcia et al., 2019; Mantzourani et al., 2014; Quattrini et al., 2019; Valerio et al., 2008; Valerio et al., 2015). Packaging materials are great determinants of microbial growth on bread (Nurcan et al., 2011). It is known that cereal-based products are commonly affected by moulds. Colours of bread moulds go from white to golden and to dark green. Contamination with mould spores happens at the end of baking process when the spore-contaminated objects including human hands, clothing or bread slicing machine have cont...
All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are tr... more All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are traditionally used in the treatment of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases. In this study, we assessed the phytochemical and antioxidant profile of leaf, seed and fruit of Annona muricata (soursop). Using established conventional analytical methods qualitative/quantitative phytochemistry was carried out on aqueous/ethanol extract of air-dried samples of plant parts. Antioxidant potential of the parts was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging activity. Results showed that fruit-endocarp extract of A. muricata had the highest percentage yield (5.8%); closely followed by the leaf (4.9%). The qualitative phytochemical conducted on A. muricata revealed the presence of some bioactive compounds in all the parts. Aqueous extracts of the plant parts showed higher in vitro antioxidant potential compared to ethanol extracts, except the fruit-endocarp. The radical scavenging potential of the plants compared highly with that of standards, gallic (92%) and ascorbic acid (92%). Notable are those of leaf (80%) and fruit-epicarp (76%). In conclusion, A. muricata (leaf, fruit-bark, fruit-epicarp, fruit-endocarp and seed) has been shown to possess significant DPPH scavenging activities. This may give credence to the folklore use of the plants for myriad of disease conditions.
This study reports on the in-vitro antifungal activity of Senna alata Linn. crude leaf extract on... more This study reports on the in-vitro antifungal activity of Senna alata Linn. crude leaf extract on clinical test Dermatophytes. The studies on the in-vitro investigation of antifungal activities of ethanolic extracts of Senna alata L. leaf was carried out. The test was conducted on Dermatophytes which included Dermatophytes of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. These fungi are the causative agents of various types of dermatophytosis, which attack various parts of the body and tend to the following conditions, Tinea capitis, Tinea cruris, Tinea coporis and Tinea pedis. The results obtained showed that the leaf exudates and the ethanol extract of the leaf of Senna alata L. exhil: had marked antifungal effects on Microsporum canis, Trichophyton jirrucosum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Epidermophyton jlorrcosum. The ethanolic extract showed the highest inhibition on trinchophyton verrucosuf, and Epidermophyton jloccosum with 20.50mm and 20.00mm zone of inhibitio...
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Jan 18, 2011
Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics, 2019
Weaning breakfast meals were produced by supplementing 1:1 maize-sorghum mix (MS) with raw, roast... more Weaning breakfast meals were produced by supplementing 1:1 maize-sorghum mix (MS) with raw, roasted and soaked cum steam cooked Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean). Supplementation brought about 5-7% increase in the protein levels of the compounded diets compared to the unfortified MS with crude protein 10.24%. The breakfast/weaning meals displayed a high dry matter content of 92.25-92.94%, crude fibre 3.65-4.78%, carbohydrate ranging from 72.82-77.03%. Mineral compositions of the meals showed ranges of P(11.03-18.27%), Ca(0.61-0.8%), K(10.9-23.0%), Na (1.53-3.07%), Fe (18.07-24.51 mg/kg) and Zn (5.8-11.48mg/kg). The meals showed profiles of oil absorption capacity, ranging from 63.33-73.33%, water absorption capacity of 90-96.67% and water oil absorption indices of less than 2. The water soluble vitamins comprised, in MS 5.0 and 56.7mg/l of thiamine and vitamin C respectively. Thiamine (10.30mg/l) in MS-raw bambara groundnut (rBG)decreased to 0.45 mg/l in MSRoasted Bambara Groun...
Bread is popular around the world and is one of the world's oldest foods. Bread is usually ma... more Bread is popular around the world and is one of the world's oldest foods. Bread is usually made from common wheat-flour dough. Till date most people are not familiar with other types of bread apart from that made from 100% wheat flour. When a part of wheat flour is replaced with flours from other food sources (yam, cassava, etc) the wheat gluten is automatically reduced. This study aimed at re-examining the approval of ten percent (10%) cassava flour inclusion in bread baking in Nigeria and evaluating higher % substitutions, with a view to increasing cassava carrying capacity for producing acceptable bread. The water absorption capacity (WAC) of wheat, cassava and composite flours ranged from 62.7 to 79% while oil absorption capacity (OAC) ranged from 4.5 to 72%. As cassava percent inclusion increased both WAC and OAC increased. Bread loaves produced from 10-20% inclusions without egg white had sensory scores of 3.2 to 3.9 and were significantly (p < 0.05) better than 25-30% ...
Heavy metal pollution still poses a serious threat to human and the environment especially in urb... more Heavy metal pollution still poses a serious threat to human and the environment especially in urban settlement where industrial and vehicular activities are most prevalent. This study was carried out to investigate the level of heavy metal pollution in two local government areas in Ibadan metropolis using the leaves of plants as bio-indicators. Composite samples of Tridax procumbens (Tridax plant), Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed), Pennisetum purpureum (Elephant grass), were collected from different sites in industrial areas, along roadsides in these local government areas and control site during dry season and were digested according to standard procedures. The lead concentration in the digested samples were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Result of the analysis shows a significant level of lead in the leaf samples. Leaves of Tridax procumbens were found to be the most tolerant specie and therefore the most suitable bioindicator for lead pollution among the thr...
All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are tr... more All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are traditionally used in the treatment of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases. In this study, we assessed the phytochemical and antioxidant profile of leaf, seed and fruit of Annona muricata (soursop). Using established conventional analytical methods qualitative/quantitative phytochemistry was carried out on aqueous/ethanol extract of air-dried samples of plant parts. Antioxidant potential of the parts was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging activity. Results showed that fruit-endocarp extract of A. muricata had the highest percentage yield (5.8%); closely followed by the leaf (4.9%). The qualitative phytochemical conducted on A. muricata revealed the presence of some bioactive compounds in all the parts. Aqueous extracts of the plant parts showed higher in vitro antioxidant potential compared to ethanol extracts, except the fruit-endocarp. The radical scavenging potential of...
ISSN: 2410-9649 Agunbiade et al / Chemistry International 6(3) (2020) 131-136 iscientic.org. 132 ... more ISSN: 2410-9649 Agunbiade et al / Chemistry International 6(3) (2020) 131-136 iscientic.org. 132 www.bosaljournals/chemint/ editorci@bosaljournals.com Certain physical and chemical changes affecting bread crust and crumb occur during their storage (He and Hoseney, 1990). Bread suffers from two major spoilage mechanisms, namely staling and microbial deterioration. Each of them alters bread’s stability and its eating qualities (Bartkiene et al., 2018; Debonne et al., 2020; Garcia et al., 2019; Mantzourani et al., 2014; Quattrini et al., 2019; Valerio et al., 2008; Valerio et al., 2015). Packaging materials are great determinants of microbial growth on bread (Nurcan et al., 2011). It is known that cereal-based products are commonly affected by moulds. Colours of bread moulds go from white to golden and to dark green. Contamination with mould spores happens at the end of baking process when the spore-contaminated objects including human hands, clothing or bread slicing machine have cont...
All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are tr... more All parts of Annona muricata (soursop) are widely applied in alternative medicine and they are traditionally used in the treatment of infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases. In this study, we assessed the phytochemical and antioxidant profile of leaf, seed and fruit of Annona muricata (soursop). Using established conventional analytical methods qualitative/quantitative phytochemistry was carried out on aqueous/ethanol extract of air-dried samples of plant parts. Antioxidant potential of the parts was assessed using DPPH radical scavenging activity. Results showed that fruit-endocarp extract of A. muricata had the highest percentage yield (5.8%); closely followed by the leaf (4.9%). The qualitative phytochemical conducted on A. muricata revealed the presence of some bioactive compounds in all the parts. Aqueous extracts of the plant parts showed higher in vitro antioxidant potential compared to ethanol extracts, except the fruit-endocarp. The radical scavenging potential of the plants compared highly with that of standards, gallic (92%) and ascorbic acid (92%). Notable are those of leaf (80%) and fruit-epicarp (76%). In conclusion, A. muricata (leaf, fruit-bark, fruit-epicarp, fruit-endocarp and seed) has been shown to possess significant DPPH scavenging activities. This may give credence to the folklore use of the plants for myriad of disease conditions.