Received: 21st May-2012
Revised: 25th May-2012
Accepted: 28th May-2012 Research article
PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SEED AND PULP OF MONKEY COLA (Cola millenii) ON SOME SELECTED CLINICAL AND FOOD BORNE ISOLATE *Giwa O. E1., Onileke F. O1., Adesina I. A.1 and Adebote V. T Department of Science Laboratory Technology1, Food Science Technology2, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Corresponding author e-mail address:
[email protected] ABSTRACT: The phytochemical analyses of pulp and seed of Cola millenii K. Sckhum showed that the extract contained alkaloids, tannins, saponins, cardiac glycosides, carbohydrate, sterol, resin and terpenes that could be responsible for the observed antimicrobial activities. The bioactives compounds of pulp and seed extract of Cola millenii K. Sckhum were extracted, using both aqueous (water ) and organic (ethanol) solvents, and were investigated for antimicrobial activity some pathogenic and food spoilage microorganisms using agar well diffusion method. The aqueous extract did not show significant difference in their activities against the various organisms but the ethanolic extract had a significant activity demonstrating the highest activity against the test organisms using analysis of variance p
