BACKGROUND Medicinal plants are used worldwide for several human ailments including bacterial infections. The present work was designed to assess the in vitro antibacterial activities of some Cameroonian medicinal plants including Entada abyssinica, Entada africana, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Allexis cauliflora, Anthocleista leibrechtsiana, Carapa procera, Carica papaya and Persea americana agai...

Baillonella toxisperma, Pentaclethra macrophylla and Trichoscypha abut are important foods for communities living around forests in Cameroon. Information on the nutritional value and bioactive content of these foods is required to establish their contribution to the nutrition and health of the communities. Samples of the three foods were obtained from four villages in east and three villages in...

Phytochemical investigation of the seeds Pentaclethra macrophylla led to isolation a mixture two new aromatic monoterpene glycosides, pentamacrophylloside A (1a) and B (1b), together with six known secondary metabolites: Comososide (2), secopentaclethroside (3), caffeoylputrescine (4), β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), 2-hydroxymethyl-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)phenol (6), sucrose (7). The...

Fermented African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth) seed also referred to as "Ugba" is a known delicacy, mainly consumed by Africans. Human migration has also led to the introduction of this delicacy into most European and American countries. This study shows the changes in volatile components of African oil bean (P. macrophylla Benth) seed at different stages of fermentation. A quantit...

In this work, the effect of heat treatment on chemical composition powdered Pentaclethra Macrophylla pod was studied. The picked from bush, cleaned manually, soaked and washed with distilled water to further remove dirt particles. sun-dried for about six hours. This followed by ovum drying at a temperature 110oC three hours achieve constant weight allowed cool. dried pods were crushed form usin...

The research reports the characterization and antimicrobial profiling of an ethanol-toluene extract Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth pod. sample was powdered extracted with a solvent system (2:1). characterized Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy Gas Chromatographic-Mass Spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis, as well wet analysis investigation. qualitative quantitative reveals presence flavon...