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Name | Studies of Phytochemical and Antioxidant properties of the Fruit of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). (Thunb.) |
Description | Research article:-Medical Biochemistry Oseni, O. A1* & Okoye, V. I2. 1Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. 2Department of Chemical Sciences, Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Abstract: The present study was undertaken to investigate the medicinal effect of the fruit of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, family Cucurbitaceae). The fruit was obtained from Owo market in Ondo State and analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively for some basic phytochemicals of antioxidant importance in the various parts of the fruit using standard methods. The results of the antioxidant properties showed that the highest dose of 200µL possessed higher concentrations of flavonoids and total phenol in all extracts of the various parts investigated while lower dose of 50µL produced the highest percentage of iron chelation ability in all the parts investigated. Similarly, in this study it was also confirmed that the fruit possess the ability to scavenge free radicals and reactive oxygen species with the seed possessing the highest ability against DPPH at the least concentration of 150µL from the range of (150 – 500) µL investigated. The results obtained from this study however indicate the possibility of utilizing the fruit as neutraceutics or functional food to prevent or manage some critical diseases of man through scavenging or inhibition of some destructive species or radicals. Key words: Diseases, antioxidant, concentration, consequence, medicine.
Copyright © 2013 Oseni, O. A & Okoye, V. I. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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