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EVALUATION OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDARTHRIA HOOKERI LEAF
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Despite the development of modern medicine, the usage of herbal medicines has been widespread since antiquity. Natural product adulteration is the process of partially or entirely replacing a crude medication with another material that is either free of or less effective as a medicinal agent. According to the WHO, up to 25% of the herbal medications used in developing nations are fake and of low quality, and this number is rising quickly. Despite the WHO's published quality assurance criteria, many African nations still have inadequate regulatory frameworks for traditional medicines. The first and most important step in identifying a crude medication and evaluating its quality and purity is pharmacognostic evaluation, which is done through organoleptic, macro and microscopic, powder, physicochemical, phytochemical, and fluorescence examination. The measured pharmacognostic characteristics will also aid in identifying and accessing the quality and purity of leaf extracts from Pseudarthria hookeri. This study employed an experimental approach, quantitative in nature and research was carried at KIU-WC laboratories. Ethanol solvent extracted the highest number of active constituents from Pseudarthria hookeri (7.63 ± 0.0376), followed by water (6.02 ± 0.0811), acetone (4.58 ± 0.0493), Methanol (3.96 ± 0.0706) and lastly chloroform (1.79 ± 0.0493). The total ash content, acid insoluble ash content and water-soluble ash content of Pseudarthria hookeri were, in percentage (5.33 ± 0.1764), (1.07 ± 0.0667) and (3.4667 ± 0.0667). The different peaks of the absorbance spectra indicate different constituents in Pseudarthria hookeri leaves at corresponding wave lengths. For complete standardization of Pseudarthria hookeri, more evaluation parameters that remain unknown up to date should be researched on.
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Albert Nyanchoka Onchweri, Turinawe Blaise, Arthur Saniotis, Maniga Josephat Nyabayo, & Jacqueline Njeri Muchiri (May-2024). EVALUATION OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDARTHRIA HOOKERI LEAF. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(5), a97-a109. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2405011.pdf
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Volume 9 Issue 5, May-2024
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Research Area: Health ScienceÂ
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Country: Bushenyi, Bushenyi, Uganda
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