PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTICONVULSANT STUDIES ON METHANOL EXTRACT OF THE ROOTBARK OFUVARIA CHAMAEP. BEAUV. (ANNONACEAE)
ABSTRACT Uvariachamae P. Beauv. (Annonaceae) is widely distributed inAfrica, the plant species are used in traditional medicine as an anti-inflamatory, antimalarial, and analgesic. It is also used for treatment of jaundice, epilepsy and microbial infections. The powdered rootbark of U.chamaewas extracted with methanol using maceration method and the resulting crude methanol extract (CME) was solvent fractionated to give hexane (HF), chloroform (CF), ethylacetate (EF) and n-Butanol (BF) fractions. Chloroform ...
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