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: Received: 24 October 2022 / Approved: 2 November 2022 / Online: 2 November 2022 (13:47:27 CET)
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Ovonramwen, O.B. Identification and Pharmacological Activities of Secondary Metabolites of Phytochemicals. Preprints2022, 2022110060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0060.v1
Ovonramwen, O.B. Identification and Pharmacological Activities of Secondary Metabolites of Phytochemicals. Preprints 2022, 2022110060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0060.v1
Ovonramwen, O.B. Identification and Pharmacological Activities of Secondary Metabolites of Phytochemicals. Preprints2022, 2022110060. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0060.v1
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Ovonramwen, O.B. (2022). Identification and Pharmacological Activities of Secondary Metabolites of Phytochemicals. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202211.0060.v1
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Abstract
Plant secondary metabolites are organic compounds (alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, tannins, anthraquinones, saponins, steroids, lignins, terpenes) produced by plant for self-defense during growth and development in order to protect them from harmful agents. As population is increasing and quality of life is reducing couple with outbreak of some diseases that are posing threat on the economy, a lot of medicinal plants have attracted interest of researchers because of the usefulness of these metabolites in pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetic industries. In this review, the pharmacological activities of some medicinal plants that are rich in secondary metabolites were studied, means of identifying and quantifying using spectrophotometry and chromatography techniques were also discussed. However, this will assist to reduce the uses and dependent on the synthetic drug and the onset of the age related diseases.
Keywords
secondary metabolites; pharmacological activities; qualitative and quantitative analysis; techniques
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
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