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CHAPTER THREE<br />

RESULTS<br />

3.1 Mass of plants extracts.......................................................................... 44<br />

3.2 Phytochemical analysis of plant extracts………………………………… 45<br />

3.2 Qualitative (DPPH) assay on TLC (Antioxidant activity)…………...…… 50<br />

3.4 Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and total activities of the<br />

extracts.................................................................................................. 55<br />

3.5 Qualitative antibacterial activity assay by bioautography……………..... 58<br />

3.6 Isolation of bioactive compounds from acetone fraction of A. dimidiata 68-69<br />

3.7 Nuclear magnetic resonance of purified compounds…………………… 80<br />

CHAPTER FOUR<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

Discussion................................................................................................................. 93-96<br />

Conclusion and future work....................................................................................... 96- 97<br />

CHAPTER FIVE<br />

REFERENCES<br />

References................................................................................................................ 98-112<br />

CHAPTER SIX<br />

APPENDICES<br />

6.1 Appendix A: Solutions…………………………………………………… 113<br />

6.1.1 Preparation of vanillin sulphuric acid……………………………………... 113<br />

6.1.2 Preparation of DPPH solution……………………………………………... 113<br />

6.1.3 Preparation of p-iodonitrotetrazolium chloride (INT) solution………..... 113-114<br />

6.2 Appendix B: Media preparation………………………………………… 114<br />

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