PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF JACKAL BERRY (Diospyrus mesi/liformis)
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2019-12-13
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Federal University Gusau Zamfara State
Abstract
Ethno medical practice mostly revolves round Phytochemistry. Phytochemical
screening of medical plants would therefore help ,discover a wide range of more
efficacious drugs safer and cheaper drugs. The various plant parts of Diospyros mespí/iformis were collected from Federal University Gusau. They were oven dried,
pulverized and serially extracted by cold extraction procedure starting with methanol. The methanol extract was then serially extracted with aqueous. The result revealed the presence of cardiac glyqosídils, saponin, glyco;ides etc. in various
extracts of the various plant· parts. The 'phytochetnieaL analysis' of the root extract of the root, steam and bark extracts of Diospyros mespilformix has opened up a fresh line of research into discoveries of new drugs M.J many classes.- It will be more
fortt111ale if the new
drngs
thereafter discovered have bétter efficacy _and le$S toxicity
than the already existing mles' in the classes.