1 Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State Nigeria.
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State Nigeria.
3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural & Applied Sciences, Veritas University Abuja, Nigeria.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 17(01), 117–123.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2021.17.1.0281
Received on 25 August 2021; revised on 06 October 2021; accepted on 08 October 2021
Phytochemicals are therapeutic while biopesticides are naturally occurring forms pesticides which are eco-friendly. The phytochemicals as well biopesticidal contents of scent leaf were investigated. The result indicated that glycosides and alkaloids not detectable, phenols and terpenoids least present, flavonoids and saponins moderately present while steroids and tannins were high in abundance.The result as investigated showed that scent leaf extract contains various secondary metabolites in the following concentrations, saponins (0.130 ± 0.361 mg/g), tannins (0.133 ± 0.365 mg/g), flavonoid (0.033 ± 182 mg/g) steroid (0.005 ± 0.071 mg/g), terpenoid (0.071 ± 0.266 mg/g) as well as oxalic acid which is the biopesticidal content. Owing to the phytochemicals and biopesticide in this leaf, scent leaf could be used both therapeutically and as a biopesticide.
Phytochemicals; Biopesticidal; Glycosides; Alkaloids; Phenols; Terpenoids; Steroids; Tannins; Oxalic acid
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II Ujah, JI Ugochukwu and UB Alozieuwa. An evaluation of phytochemical and biopesticidal composition of scent leaf. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 17(1), 117-123. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2021.17.1.0281