Publication: PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS FOUND IN KAPTUMO DIVISION IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
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2016-03-02
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World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Abstract
Medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional healers to prevent
or treat various human diseases since time immemorial due to the
chemical substances found in them. The phytochemical constituents of
most of these plants has not been determined hence the present study
conducted at Kaptumo Division in Nandi County seeks to profile the
phytochemicals found in medicinal plants namely: Kigelia africana
(Lam.) and Benth, Ekebergia capensis Sparrm and Fagaropsis
angolensis (Engl.) Dale that are commonly used to treat infectious
diseases. The objective of the research is to determine the
phytochemicals present in the three medicinal plants that are
commonly used to treat infectious diseases. Fresh plants were collected from the field and air
dried under shade at 25oC and later ground into powder and extracted using acetone and
water. Phytochemicals from the extracts were profiled using thin layer chromatography
method. All the plant extracts indicated presence of phenols, terpenoids and flavonoids.
Saponins were absent in Fagaropsis angolensis. This study demonstrated support for the
claimed uses of the plants in the traditional medicine probably due to the phytochemicals
present. This asserts the need for further investigations using fractionated extracts and
purified chemical components.
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Phytochemical Constituents, Medicinal Plants, Acetone extracts and Water extract.