Preliminary qualitative screening for cancer chemopreventive agents in Telfairia Occidentalis Hook.f, Gnetum africanum Welw., Gongronema latifolium Benth. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Nigeria.
The leaves of four plant foods commonly consumed in Nigeria namely Gnetum africanum (Igbo name: Ukazi), Gongronema latifolium (Igbo name: Utazi), Telfaria occidentialis (Igbo name: Ugu), Ocimum gratissimum(Igbo name: Nchoanwu), were each screened for the presence of known potential chemopreventive agents using paper chromatography, thin layer chromatography and various chemical tests. All four...
Emeka E.J Iweala
Iweala Emeka » Emeka Iweala is a Professor of Biochemistry and a past head of department of Biological Sciences at the Covenant University, Nigeria. He currently serves as the Director, Covenant University Centre for Research, Innovation and Discovery (CUCRID) and deputy director, Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication African Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE). He worked as a faculty at the department... view full profile