phytochemical analysis

Plants have constituted a significant quota to the sustainability of humans as food, medicines and raw materials for other uses. Increased awareness of the significance of medicinal plants led to more studies focused on the phytochemistry and proximate analysis of plants.

Physostigma venenosum Balf., known as Calabar beans (Fabaceae family) is a very poisonous plant with reported therapeutic properties. Many studies have shown its use in medicine for eye problems, glaucoma, constipation, epilepsy, cholera, hypertension and tetanus. In this study, quantitative phytochemistry, proximate analysis and mineral constituents of the ethanol extracts of Physostigma venenosum seeds were investigated using standard analytical chemical procedures.