- Title page Declaration Certification Dedication Acknowledgment Table of content Abstract
Chapter ONE
INTRODUCTION
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- 1.0 INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH
- 1.1 LITERATURE REVIEW
- 1.2 GENERAL USES AND IMPORTANCE OF MANGIFERA INDICA
- 1.3 MORPHLOGY OF MANGIFERA INDICA; THE TREE AND ITS FLOWERS
Chapter TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
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- 2.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS
- 2.1 MATERIALS
- 2.2 EQUIPMENTS AND APPARATUS
- 2.3 CHEMICAL REAGENTS
- 2.4 PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING (QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS)
- 2.5 DETERMINATION OF SAPONIN
- 2.6 DETERMINATION OF ALKALOID
- 2.7 DETERMINATION OF TANINS
- 2.8 DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT
- 2.9 DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ASH
- 2.10CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE
- 2.11TEST FOR ANTHRACENE GLYCOSIDES
- 2.12TERPENOIDS
- 2.13pH AT 200C (10%)
Chapter THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- TABLE
- 3.1ORGANOLEPTIC TEST RESULT TABLE
- 3.2RESULT OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOWER AND STALK OF Mangifera Indica TABLE 3.3RESULT OF ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA IN TWO CRUDE EXTRACTS OF FLOWER AND STALK OF Mangifera indica TABLE
- 3.4RESULT OF ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TWO GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA IN TWO CRUDE EXTRACTS OF FLOWER AND STALK OF Mangifera indica TABLE
- 3.5RESULT OF ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TWO FUNGI IN TWO CRUDE EXTRACTS OF FLOWER AND STALK OF Mangifera indica TABLE
- 3.6RESULT OF MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION (MIC) OF CRUDE EXTRACT OF FLOWER AND STALK OF Mangifera indica
Chapter FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
- DISCUSSION CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION REFERENCES APPENDIX
Thesis Abstract
Phytochemical and antimicrobial screening analysis of Mangifera indica indicated that the presence of the following moisture content 12.33% +0.0556%, Alkaloid 7.35% +0.0291%, Tannins 18.22% +0.0070%, Saponic Glycoside 3.82% +0.0264%, Flanonoid 6.11% + 0.0158%, Phenolic glycoside 0.010% + 0.0012%, Terpenoids 5.71% + 0.01%, Antrachionic 10.59% + 0.0158%, pH 3.84% + 0.0529%. Cardiac Glycoside 7.90% + 0.0234%. Extracts of Mangifera indica were investigated for its antifungal and antibacterial activities. The aqueous extract did not inhibit any of the test fungi, the ethanolic extract produced zones of inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus, S. pyogens, Escherichia coli, Bacilus subfilis, while C. albican and a. flavus were not inhibited.