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CHAPTER ONE 1. 1 INTRODUCTION The word perfume derives from the latin ―per fumum‖ meaning through smoke, is fragrant liquid that is sprayed or rubbed on the skin or clothes to give a pleasant smell. Extraction of perfume from various plants resources is of ancient origin. Infact the natives from different tropical regions of the globe have long been extracting oil from numerous oil bearing plants. Human since the ancient ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Perfume is a fragrant liquid made from an extract that has been distilled in alcohol and water. Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have attempted to mask or enhance their own odor by using perfume, which emulates nature’s pleasant smells. Many natural and man-made materials have been used to make perfume to apply to the skin and clothing, to put in cleaners and cosmetics, ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   Enzymes are the catalysts of biological processes. Like any other catalyst, an enzyme brings the reaction catalyzed to its equilibrium position more quickly than would occur otherwise. An enzyme cannot bring about a reaction with an unfavourable change in free energy unless that reaction can be coupled to one whose free energy change is more favourable (Nelson and Cox, 2000). The activities of enzymes have been ...

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page……………………………………………………………………..i Certification………………………………………………………………….ii Dedication …………………………………………………………………..iii Acknowledgment ……………………………………………………………iv Abstract………………………………………………………………………v CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………..1 1.1 Micro-organisms………………………………………………………....1 1.2 Classification of micro-organism………………………………………...2 1.2.1 Bacteria………………………………………………………………...3 1.2.2 Virus…………………………………………………………………...4 1.2.3 Algae…………………………………………………………………..4 1.2.4 Fungi…………………………………………………………………..5 1.2.5 Protozoa ………………………………………………………………6  CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Literature review………………………………………………………..7 2.1 Bacteria…………………………………………………………………7 2.2 Bacteria and its cells……………………………………………………9 2.3 Shape of the bacteria…………………………………………………...12 2.4 Environmental effect of bacteria……………………………………….14 2.5 Medicinal plants………………………………………………………...16 2.5.1 Characteristics of medicinal plants…………………………………...17 2.6   Medicinal plants as antimicrobial……………………………………...26 2.7 Why considering ...

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to extract oils from cashew nut and to characterized oils with the view to ascertain their suitability for consumption and other uses. Soxhlet apparatus was used for its extraction using ethanol as solvent. The physical and chemical properties of the extracted oil were analyzed. The percentage oil extracted from the shell of the cashew was found to be 64.25%. The results of the physical ...