ANTI-DIABETIC AND ANTIOXIDANT EFFICACY OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF THAUMATOCOCCUS DANIELLI LEAVES

Student: Aishat Damilola Ahmed
Supervisor: Mr Sefiu Shola Olaniyi
HOD: Dr Oluwakemi Christianah Adeyemi
Department of BIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Science and Technology
Federal Polytechnic, offa, Kwara State

Abstract

Plants are able to deliver a huge number of differing bioactive compounds which may supplement the requirements of the human body by acting as natural antioxidants. Antioxidants are mindful for the defense component of the life form against the pathologies related to the assault of free radicals. This study therefore analyzed the phytochemical composition and evaluates the anti-diabetic and antioxidant efficacy of methanolic extract of Thaumatococcus daniellii leaves. The plant sample of Atari area, in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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