H. Labaran, M. Yushau, Bashir Mohammed, A. Aliyu, A. Ummu, B. Samaila, A. Yarma
{"title":"Studies on the Qualitative and Quantitative Phytochemical Constituents of Albizia chevalieri's Leaf, Root and Stem bark","authors":"H. Labaran, M. Yushau, Bashir Mohammed, A. Aliyu, A. Ummu, B. Samaila, A. Yarma","doi":"10.5455/sf.79920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/sf.79920","url":null,"abstract":"A plant serves as a natural source of treatments and therapies for human beings as from prehistoric times to date; amongst them medicinal herbs is the best because of its extensive use and fewer side effects. In the present study, phytochemical analysis of Albizia chevalieri was carried out as this plant may be among one of the imperative medicinal herbs for the treatment of ailments like malaria, diabetes, diarrhea, and dysentery. Phytochemical analysis was carried out for the three Arial parts of the plant extracted with three different solvents (methanol, ethyl acetate and n-hexane). Qualitative analysis showed that methanol extracted almost all the secondary metabolites in all the three Arial parts of the plant. After quantification, it was observed that methanol Root extract was having the highest phenolic contents (44.83µg/GAE/g), followed by methanol leaf extract (38.89 µg/GAE/g), and methanol stem bark extract (22.00 µg/GAE/g). Root ethyl acetate extract (8.19 µg GAE/g), stem bark ethyl acetate extract (13.49 µg GAE/g), and leaves ethyl acetate extract (23.66 µg GAE/g), while n-hexane extracts were having a very low phenolic content with; n- hexane root (0.66 µg GAE/g), n-hexane stem bark extract (2.69 µg GAE/g), and n-hexane leaves extract (7.80 µg GAE/g). The presence of high amount of phyto-constituents suggest that A.chevalieri may have high medicinal value and it can be carefully studied in order to extract the natural compounds present, which may be beneficial to human beings and that which may be commercialized for higher production than using synthetic drugs with side effects.","PeriodicalId":128977,"journal":{"name":"Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134609057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daspan Ray, V. D, Fube A, A. D., ADachan S, Timothy P. Bata
{"title":"GEOCHEMISTRY OF MAIGANGA COAL IN GOMBE STATE, UPPER BENUE TROUGH, NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA","authors":"Daspan Ray, V. D, Fube A, A. D., ADachan S, Timothy P. Bata","doi":"10.5455/sf.66100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/sf.66100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":128977,"journal":{"name":"Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132218297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Dukku, Khadija Shehu, H. Mohammed, Badirat Abdullahi
{"title":"An ethnobotanical survey of the Savanna: (2) The medicinal plants of Hadejia and Nguru, northern Nigeria.","authors":"U. Dukku, Khadija Shehu, H. Mohammed, Badirat Abdullahi","doi":"10.5455/sf.130669duk","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/sf.130669duk","url":null,"abstract":"In order to obtain information on traditional use of plants for medicinal purposes in Hadejia and Nguru towns, 11 herbalists were interviewed. Information on parts of the plants used and the mode of administration in the treatment of the diseases was obtained. Twenty-four species of plant, belonging to 15 families, used in treating 20 conditions, in humans, were recorded during the survey. The family Fabaceae, with eight species, recorded the highest mention. Woody species (80%) dominated herbaceous ones (20%). Of the 20 conditions treated with these plants, 13 were symptoms (e.g., Jaundice), five were physiological diseases (e.g., hypertension) and three were infectious diseases (e.g., malaria). The plants were identified by the first author and their voucher specimens were preserved at the herbarium of the Department of Biological Sciences of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. This study reveals a wealth of indigenous knowledge that may be exploited for the benefit of mankind: Thus we recommend further investigation to test the claimed medicinal properties of these plants.","PeriodicalId":128977,"journal":{"name":"Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129546806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural products for material protection: corrosion inhibition of stainless steel (aisi 316l) in hydrochloric acid solution by argemone mexicana","authors":"R. Oguike, O. Oni","doi":"10.5455/sf.52644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/sf.52644","url":null,"abstract":"Corrosion inhibition of stainless steel (AISI 316L) by Argemone mexicana (AM) leaf extracts has been studied in hydrochloric acid solution using weight loss, gasometric, electrochemical and surface examination techniques. Results from weight loss measurements revealed an increase in inhibition efficiency with increasing temperature and inhibitor concentration which indicates that AM leaf extracts sufficiently inhibits corrosion of stainless steel through chemisorptions of its constituent molecules. Hydrogen evolution results show that the inhibitor appreciably reduced the volume of hydrogen evolved which implies an obstruction of the cathodic reaction and reduction of corrosion rate. Data obtained from the potentiodynamic polarization scan revealed that AM leaf extracts shifted corrosion potentials of AISI 316L to more positive potential with increasing inhibitor concentration indicating a predominant anodic protection with passivation enhancing capabilities. Surface elemental analysis revealed that the formed corrosion products on the steels surface included heteroatom from the leaf extract which confirms that inhibition action was through adsorption of AM leaf extracts constituent molecules on the surface of the metal via complex chelating ligands. Adsorption of the leaf extract was seen to obey Langmuir isotherm at high temperature and obtained thermodynamic parameters were discussed.","PeriodicalId":128977,"journal":{"name":"Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124849263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geochemical Composition of Biotite within the Bauchi migmatites: \u0000Petrogenetic and Metallogenic Implication","authors":"Halima Kachalla, A. Haruna","doi":"10.5455/sf.87117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/sf.87117","url":null,"abstract":"Biotite is one of the most important ferromagnesian sheet silicate mineral constituents of the \u0000migmatites and associated granitoids. Its composition plays a vital role in understanding \u0000petrogenesis and ore- forming processes. This work on biotite aims at investigating or providing \u0000a platform on the petrography and mineralogy of biotite within the migmatites of the study area \u0000and to understand the formation conditions of the biotite in order to ascertain the significance of \u0000this mineral in terms of petrogenesis and mineralization. The data indicates that the biotite are \u0000Mg-Fe rich biotite that relatively have high Mg, Al and Fe concentration and low Ti \u0000concentration which indicates that the biotite developed under conditions of high oxygen fugacity suggesting that the migmatite morphology that host magma-hydrothermal mineralizations and probably give information on migmatite morphology that host Gold mineralization. From its composition we identified information about the protolith melting process, P/T condition which conclude that they have crustal source signatures (metasedimentary) indicating S-type signatures and formed in a collisional environment under a temperature and pressure range of 4200c  5200c and 4  5kbar respectively.","PeriodicalId":128977,"journal":{"name":"Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121331099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}