<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desmond Ato Koomson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benjamin Danso Kwakye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams Kweku Darkwah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bismark Odum</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mabel Asante</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gideon Aidoo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemical Constituents, Total Saponins, Alkaloids, Flavonoids and Vitamin C Contents of Ethanol Extracts of five Solanum torvum Fruits</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alkaloids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethanol Extract</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flavonoids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemicals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saponins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solanum torvum fruits</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">August 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">946-950</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; Phytochemicals are frequently used in chemotherapeutic treatment or may be used as chemo preventive agents with chemoprevention. The study report the quantification of phytochemical constituents and vitamin C contents from ethanol extracts of Solanum torvum fruits. &lt;strong&gt;Method:&lt;/strong&gt; The main objective for this research was to use standard procedures to determine phytochemical and vitamin C content. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The estimated alkaloids found in mature fruits were 6.32 &amp;plusmn; 0.12 mg/g and 16.94 &amp;plusmn; 2.3 mg/g in the immature fruits. Total saponins in mature and immature fruits were 8.60 &amp;plusmn; 2.6 mg/g and 16.90 &amp;plusmn; 9.4 mg/g respectively. Total flavonoids in mature and immature fruits were 21.14 &amp;plusmn; 4.4 mg/g and 14.24 &amp;plusmn; 1.8 mg/g respectively. Also vitamin C contents were 11.79 &amp;plusmn; 2.0 mg/g in mature fruits and 8.70 &amp;plusmn; 0.26 mg/g in immature fruits. With the exception of alkaloids whose difference in the mature and immature was significant, other differences obtained were not significant. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The study showed that the extracts contain diversity of phytochemicals in appreciable amount that can expertly keep the body against oxidative stress triggered by free radicals and therefore be used as a source of potent natural products.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">946</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desmond Ato Koomson&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Benjamin Danso Kwakye&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Williams Kweku Darkwah&lt;sup&gt;1,3&lt;/sup&gt;*, Bismark Odum&lt;sup&gt;3,4&lt;/sup&gt;, Mabel Asante&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;, Gideon Aidoo&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GHANA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Hohai University, Nanjing, CHINA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Environmental Engineering Department, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, CHINA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GHANA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Laboratory Technology, School of Physical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GHANA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;Clinical Research Laboratory Department, 37-Military Teaching Hospital, Accra , GHANA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>