Francis Jide
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Nigeria
Biography:
F J Faleye, Francis Jide is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. He researches in the area of Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry. His area of specialization is isolation and characterization of active components of medicinal plants for possible utilization as leads for drug production.
Abstract:
There is an increased exploration of plant based traditional medicine in health care resulting to about 80% of the world’s population depending solely on traditional medicines for the treatment of disease ailments within their vicinity. High cost of drug prescription in the maintenance of personal health and wellbeing as well as in the bio-prospecting of new plant-derived drugs has increased the interest in medicinal plants as a re-emerging health aid. Chytranthus macrobotrys (Sapindaceae) is one of the notable African medicinal plants with traditional history but lack scientific data. The aim of this study is to evaluate C. macrobotrys seed (CMS) methanol extract for its phytochemical composition, antimicrobial activity, α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activities.