ANATOMY AND WATER PURIFICATION POTENTIALS OF SEEDS OF MORINGA OLEIFERA
This study focused on elucidating the anatomy of Moringa oleifera seed and developing an efficient and cost effective procedure for using Moringa oleifera seeds to produce natural coagulant for use in drinking water treatment. The study investigates processing Moringa oleifera seeds to concentrate the bio-active constituents which have coagulation activity. It is generally accepted that Moringa works as a coagulant due to positively charged, water-soluble proteins, which bind with negatively ...
EFFECT OF PLANT EXTRACT of Anthocliesta djalonensis ON THE ZONE OF INHIBITION OF MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM FRUITS (ORANGE, WATERMELON, APPLE AND PINEAPPLE) JUICE.
The effect of Anthocleista djalonensis leaves on the zone of inhibition of microorganism isolated from fruits (Watermelon, pineapple, apple and orange) juice stored at 30+10C for 20days were investigated using agar diffusion and dilution methods. The result obtained reveled that the Zone of inhibition Staphylococcus aureus was 18mm (juice isoaltes), clinical 17mm while typed culture was 13mm. Bacillus cereus was 7mm (clinical isolate), while juice isolate was 10mm. The minimum inhibitory conc...
Anatomical Analysis and Seed-Coat Imposed Dormancy in Parkia biglobosa
The effect of different treatments of breaking seed dormancy of Parkia biglobosa seeds were studied in this project work. The results of different treatments observed showed 88% for concentrated H2SO4, 80% for scarification (with scalpel) and 52% for dry heat while the untreated seed (control) is 40% germination. The speed of germination for some treated seeds are also observed to be greater than that of the untreated seeds with seeds treated with concentrated H2SO4 having the highest value o...