📄 Research Article
CJED Vol. 13, No. 3 (2025)
ANTIBACTERIAL ASSESSMENT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CEIBA PENTANDRA BARK
Chinedu Obinna Okafor
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Contemporary Journal of Education and Development,
Vol. 13, No. 3 (2025),
pp. 1+5 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083846
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Abstract
Ceiba Petandra is widely used in complementary medicine. Its stem bark extracts obtained via soxhlet extraction using n-hexane, acetone and ethanol gare alkaloids, Steroids, Saponins, Cardiac glycosides, triterpenes and tannins when screened phytochemically. These extracts were further investigated for their antibacterial activity against staphylococcus aureus klebsiella, pneumoniae and pseudomonas aeruginosa with ampicillina, as standard. Highest anti- bacterial activity with acetone extract at a concentration of 300mg/ml and least activity with ethanol extract at a concentration of 100mg/ml. n- Hexane extract showed no inhibition on the tested micro-organisms.
Keywords:
["Ceibs petandra","anti-bacterial activity","extracts","stem bark","phytochemical screening"]
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APA 7th Edition:
Chinedu Obinna Okafor (2025). ANTIBACTERIAL ASSESSMENT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CEIBA PENTANDRA BARK. Contemporary Journal of Education and Development, 13(3), 1+5. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083846
Chinedu Obinna Okafor (2025). ANTIBACTERIAL ASSESSMENT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CEIBA PENTANDRA BARK. Contemporary Journal of Education and Development, 13(3), 1+5. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083846
Vancouver Style:
Chinedu Obinna Okafor. ANTIBACTERIAL ASSESSMENT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CEIBA PENTANDRA BARK. Contemp. J. Educ. Dev.. 2025;13(3):1+5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083846
Chinedu Obinna Okafor. ANTIBACTERIAL ASSESSMENT AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF CEIBA PENTANDRA BARK. Contemp. J. Educ. Dev.. 2025;13(3):1+5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20083846
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