PROXIMATE AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF MATURE STEM BARK OF Terminalia macroptera GUILL. & PERR.

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  • A. E. Akpovona Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, P.M.B 1154, Benin City, (234) Nigeria.
  • O. I. Onoagbe
  • T. P. Prohp

Abstract

investigated. The extracts were obtained by conventional solvent extraction (CSE) and analyzed using spectrophotometry and gravimetry methods. The result showed moisture (5.26 ± 0.11 %), ash (2.68 ± 0.06 %), fibre (6.67 ± 0.16 %), lipid (0.53 ± 0.01 %), protein (11.84 ± 0.45 %) and carbohydrate (73.01 ± 0.60 %) contents of the dried stem bark. Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the stem bark of Terminalia macroptera revealed the presence of alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, anthraquinones, terpenoids, flavonoids, tannins and saponins.  The extractive values of 1.54 ± 0.18 % and 5.20 ± 0.60 % were obtained in aqueous and ethanolic extracts, respectively. The therapeutic claims arising from the use of the stem bark extracts may be attributed to the presence of these phytochemicals. Keywords: Phytochemicals, Conventional solvent extraction, Terminalia macroptera

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2017-02-10

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Akpovona, A. E., Onoagbe, O. I., & Prohp, T. P. (2017). PROXIMATE AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF MATURE STEM BARK OF Terminalia macroptera GUILL. & PERR. Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 41(1). Retrieved from http://www.journals.chemsociety.org.ng/index.php/jcsn/article/view/57

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Vol. 41 No. 1 (2016)

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