BIOCHEMISTRY

THE EFFECT OF MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS ON FASTING BLOOD SUGAR IN ADULT MALE WISTAR RATS

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THE EFFECT OF MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS ON FASTING BLOOD SUGAR IN ADULT MALE WISTAR RATS

Abstract      

CHAPTER ONE

1.1     INTRODUCTION

1.2    AIMS OF THE STUDY

2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1    MEXONEURON BENTHAMIANUM

2.1.1  DESCRIPTION

2.1.2 CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

2.2   ALLIUM ASCALONICUM

2.2.1 DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTION

2.2.2  CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

2.2.2.1  ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

2.2.2.2  ANTI-THROMBOTIC ACTIVITIES

2.2.2.3  CANCER PREVENTATIVE EFFECTS

2.2.2.4  ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTS

2.2.2.5  CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS

2.2.2.6  EYE HEALTH

2.3     ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS

2.3.1   DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTION

2.3.2  MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

2.3.2.1  GASTRPPROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES

2.3.2.2  ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING

2.3.2.3  FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY

2.4     ANCANTHUS MONTHANUS

2.4.1  DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION

2.4.2  MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

2.5    DIOCLEA REFLEXA

2.5.1  DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN

2.6    PHYTOCHEMICALS

2.6.1  FRUCTANS

2.6.2  SAPONINS

2.6.3  CAROTENOIDS

2.7     BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS

2.7.1  FASTING BLOOD SUGAR

2.7.2  CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE TAKING THE TEST

2.7.3  LOW BLOOD SUGAR

2.7.4  HIGH BLOOD SUGAR

2.8     DIABETES

2.8.1  TYPES OF DIABETES

2.8.2  TREATMENT FOR DIABETES

CHAPTER THREE

3.0    MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1     MATERIALS

3.2    CHEMICALS

3.3    IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT SAMPLES

3.4    EXTRACTION

3.5    ANIMAL COLLECTION, GROUPING AND DOSAGE

3.6   EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

3.7   CALCULATION OF DOSAGE OF EXTRACT ADMINSTERED

3.8   BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS

3.8.1 FASTING BLOOD SUGAR

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0   RESULTS

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1   DISCUSSION

5.2  CONCLUSION

5.3  RECOMMENDATION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

LIST OF FIGURES

FIG1:  MEZONEURON BENTHAMIANUM

FIG2:  ALLIUM ASCALONICUM

FIG3:  ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS

FIG4:  ANCANTHUS MONTANUS

FIG5:  DIOCLEA REFLEXA`

FIG 6: THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF FRUCTAN

FIG7:  THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF SAPONIN

FIG8:  GRAPH SHOWING THE LEVEL OF CALCIUM IN BLOOD PLASMA OF CONTROL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

LIST OF TABLE

TABLE 1:  SHOWING THE FASTING BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS OF IN ALL TREATED RATS