Aim: Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is one of the killer diseases in Africa today and the uncontrollable spread of drug resistance and limited drugs with therapeutic efficacy makes it necessary to discover agents against this deadly parasite. Traditionally Anthocleista d...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2018/36635
Traditional Medicine Practitioners in South East Nigeria use Diodia scandens Swartz for the treatment of different diseases. Cold maceration of n- hexane and ethyl acetate solvents extracts for 48 hours yielded brownish oily solids which were subjected to the phytochemical analys...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2018/42782
Ijeoma Solomon Okoro, Terrumun Amom Tor-Anyiin, John Ogbaji Igoli, Xavier Siwe Noundou & Rui Werner Maçedo Krause·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2018
Aim: Anthocleista djalonensis A. Chev. is a plant with several chemical constituents which accounts for its ethno-pharmacological uses. The present study is aimed at identifying and characterizing the active principles from the roots of the plant. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/37147
The synthesis of 4-phenylazo phenol by coupling anthocyanins extracted from Delonix regia flowers with diazotised aniline is presented in this paper. Also reported here is the reduction of 4-phenylazo phenol to yield 4-aminophenol and coupling of 4-aminophenol to phenol and 2-nap...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35020