In the present study, efficiency of Annona senegalensis fiber to remove crude oil from aqueous solution was evaluated. The (CAS), retted (RAS) and bleach (PFAS) were subjected sorption studies optimize their capacity. results revealed that sorbent water is related weight, contact time, initial concentration temperature sorption. It found out increase in weight led capacity 3.99-5.25g/g, 5.51-7....

Epilepsy is among the most common serious neurological disorders and affects around 50 million people worldwide, 80% of which live in developing countries. Despite introduction several new Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) last two decades, one third treated patients have seizures refractory to pharmacotherapy. This highlights need develop treatments with drugs targeting alternative seizure-induction...

The aim of the present study is to determine the antioxidant, carotene and alkaloids content of the selected plant leaves namely spinach oleracea and Annona squamosa. The antioxidant screening was done by DPPH free radical scavenging assay using shade dried leaf extracts. The results showed that IC50 for Annona squamosa and Spinach oleracea was 68.24 (μg/ml), 42.57 μg/ml respectively. Annona sq...

The toxicity and mutagenic potential of most African plants implicated in the management of cancer have not been investigated. The ethanolic extracts of selected Nigerian plants were subsequently studied using the brine shrimp lethality tests, inhibition of telomerase activity and induction of chromosomal aberrations in vivo in rat lymphocytes. Morinda lucida root bark, Nymphaea lotus whole pla...

Ten Nigerian medicinal plants Abrus precatorius, Annona senegalensis, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Crateva adansonii, Detarium microcarpum, Faba spp, Neocarya macrophylla, Ocimum gratissimum, Securidaca longpenduculata and Terminalia avicennioides used by traditional medicine practitioners for the management of infectious and chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and whooping cough were investigated ...