Using standard methods, using the proximate composition, phytochemical screening, and mineral analyses were carried out on Chrysophyllum albidum Anacardium occidentale leaves. The results of composition showed that leaves contain a significantly higher amount crude protein (13.95%), fat (8.96%), fiber (14.97%), ash content (3.48%) carbohydrate (43.84%) compared to respective values 7.37%, 3.54%...

Spurious pregnancy (false pregnancy or pseudocyesis) constitutes a subject of considerable practical importance not only for the general practitioner and obstetrician but also for the psychiatrist, as it presents one of the most impressive examples of the influence of emotional mechanisms on physical processes. The occurrence of this condition in humans and animals has attracted attention throu...

6-Pentadeca(e)nylsalicylic acids isolated from the cashew Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae), commonly known as anacardic acids, inhibited the linoleic acid peroxidation catalyzed by soybean lipoxygenase-1 (EC 1.13.11.12, type 1) competitively without prooxidant effects. Their parent compound, salicylic acid, did not have this inhibitory activity up to 800 pm, indicating that the pentade...

The bark of some medicinal trees (Alstonia boonei, Pycnanthus angolensis, Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Khaya iroresis, Nauclea diderichii, Morinda lucida and Bridelia micrantha) found in Nigeria were analysed for mineral composition and phytochemical screening. The mineral composition were determined and found to contain some elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ...

Condensed tannins were quantified in the barks of selected tree species, and antibacterial activity these substances against clinical subclinical isolates bovine mastitis evaluated. Tree from Mimosa tenuiflora, caesalpiniifolia, Anacardium occidentale, Stryphnodendron adstringens used, as well commercial tannin Acacia mearnsii. The extracted using a mixture ethyl alcohol acetone. moisture conte...