Authors: Ejiogu C. C., Ojiaku A. A, , Oguzie E.E, Njoku-Tony R. F.
Abstract: – Plants contain natural medicinal resources that are beneficial to human health and well-being and offer health benefits to populations worldwide. Dacryodes edulis was explored for its antioxidant activity, quantitative determination and spectroscopic analysis of its phytochemical constituents of its crude leaf extract using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The leaf extract was found to have good antioxidant activity (61.84%) using DPPH. It was also observed to contain absorption peaks at 2918.26 cm-1, 2850.24 cm-1, 1725. 98 cm-1, 1517.08 cm-1, 1164.61 cm-1 and 1032.79 cm-1 representing carboxylic, aliphatic groups, carbonyl, ester, phenolic compounds, tertiary alcohols and amino acids functional groups. This is evidenced by the presence of tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides and anthraquinones. These functional groups are responsible for the therapeutic potential of the fruit tree and use in the treatment of acute and chronic infections and diseases.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16918227
