Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 AIMS OF THE STUDY
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 MEXONEURON BENTHAMIANUM
2.1.1 DESCRIPTION
2.1.2 CLINICAL IMPORTANCE
2.2 ALLIUM ASCALONICUM
2.2.1 DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTION
2.2.2 CLINICAL IMPORTANCE
2.2.2.1 ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
2.2.2.2 ANTI-THROMBOTIC ACTIVITIES
2.2.2.3 CANCER PREVENTATIVE EFFECTS
2.2.2.4 ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS
2.2.2.5 CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS
2.2.2.6 EYE HEALTH
2.3 ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS
2.3.1 DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTION
2.3.2 MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
2.3.2.1 GASTRPPROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES
2.3.2.2 ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING
2.3.2.3 FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY
2.4 ANCANTHUS MONTHANUS
2.4.1 DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION
2.4.2 MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
2.5 DIOCLEA REFLEXA
2.5.1 DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN
2.6 PHYTOCHEMICALS
2.6.1 FRUCTANS
2.6.2 SAPONINS
2.6.3 CAROTENOIDS
2.7 BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS
2.7.1 FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
2.7.2 CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE TAKING THE TEST
2.7.3 LOW BLOOD SUGAR
2.7.4 HIGH BLOOD SUGAR
2.8 DIABETES
2.8.1 TYPES OF DIABETES
2.8.2 TREATMENT FOR DIABETES
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 MATERIALS
3.2 CHEMICALS
3.3 IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT SAMPLES
3.4 EXTRACTION
3.5 ANIMAL COLLECTION, GROUPING AND DOSAGE
3.6 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
3.7 CALCULATION OF DOSAGE OF EXTRACT ADMINSTERED
3.8 BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
3.8.1 FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULTS
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 DISCUSSION
5.2 CONCLUSION
5.3 RECOMMENDATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
LIST OF FIGURES
FIG1: MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM
FIG2: ALLIUM ASCALONICUM
FIG3: ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS
FIG4: ANCANTHUS MONTANUS
FIG5: DIOCLEA REFLEXA`
FIG 6: THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF FRUCTAN
FIG7: THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF SAPONIN
FIG8: GRAPH SHOWING THE LEVEL OF CALCIUM IN BLOOD PLASMA OF CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
LIST OF TABLE
TABLE 1: SHOWING THE FASTING BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS OF IN ALL TREATED RATS
