Abstract: Medicinal plants are consumed globally for the treatment of various illnesses and they also serve as important raw materials in pharmaceutical industries. Medicinal plants are also of great importance to the health of individuals and communities. The Biological activities of this plant lies in some chemical substances that produces biological and physiological action in the body. In this study, phytochemical investigation and anti-microbial screening were carried out in the leaves of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides extract. Extraction of the plant leaves was preceded using maceration procedure. The presence of some bioactive compounds of plant leaves were also investigated. The data obtained from the phytochemical investigation revealed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, saponins, steroids, phlobatannins, terpenoids and cardiac glycosides in the leaves extract. Similarly, the quantitative estimation of the chemical constituents carried out on the crude extract of the leaves of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides indicates the presence of alkaloids (10%), flavonoids (3%) and saponins (1%). In the same vein, antimicrobial screening on the crude methanolic extract of the leaves of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides revealed the presence of a very strong activity on both grame-positive and grame-negative, and fungi organism. The presence of medicinal constituents or bioactive components in the leaves of lecaniodiscus cupaniodes extract indicates that the medicinal plant could be of great source of useful drugs in the treatment of various diseases.Abstract: Medicinal plants are consumed globally for the treatment of various illnesses and they also serve as important raw materials in pharmaceutical industries. Medicinal plants are also of great importance to the health of individuals and communities. The Biological activities of this plant lies in some chemical substances that produces biological and p...Show More
Ezike Christopher Onyemaechi,Agbo Aderonke Nana,Uwadiegwu Nicholas Chinwe,Okechukwu Godwin Chukwuka Ejike
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
65-70
Received:
10 October 2022
Accepted:
3 November 2022
Published:
29 December 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijee.20220704.12
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Abstract: The ameliorative potency of Moringa oleifera leaf extract MOLE 2mg/L on cassava wastewater CWW 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05 and 0.00 mg CWW /L of clean water, disclosed to the hybrid fingerlings 2.00 ± 0.00g of the African catfish was investigated. The experiment was carried out in a semi static Fisheries Unit Laboratory bioassay, Enugu Lat. 7.4N; 8° 7’5 and long 6° 8’E. 7° 6’ W for 96 hours. The acute toxicity was followed by the addition of a safety dose of MOLE to each of the acute concentration, and disclosed to the test fish of similar species and weight, for exact time of the acute test. Disclosed fish showed rapid swimming movements, mouth gaping and constraint, and loss of equilibrium and inactivity prior to demise. Dose dependent oxygenation rate and tail pulsation regularity was indicated at the onset of the experiment, but decreased towards the finish of the disclosure interval. The 96 hours LC50 was resolved to be 0.028 mg/L but was made more tolerable at 0.044 mg/L when MOLE was added. The test contaminant not surpassing the welfare utility level of 0.00028 mg/L should not be let into the aquatic environment for the farming of hybrid fingerlings of the test fish, except where 2.00 mg/L MOLE is applied to decrease the lethality of CWW to 0.00044 mg CWW/L of water.Abstract: The ameliorative potency of Moringa oleifera leaf extract MOLE 2mg/L on cassava wastewater CWW 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05 and 0.00 mg CWW /L of clean water, disclosed to the hybrid fingerlings 2.00 ± 0.00g of the African catfish was investigated. The experiment was carried out in a semi static Fisheries Unit Laboratory bioassay, Enugu Lat. 7.4N; ...Show More
