@article{Ibrahim Mohammed_Abdulhamid_Tesa M_Sabo_Atinga_Musa Lubo_2022, title={Standardization of Aneilema lanceolatum as a potential medicinal plant}, volume={2}, url={https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/jcbr/article/view/1091}, DOI={10.54117/jcbr.v2i3.20}, abstractNote={<div> <p><em><span lang="EN-US">Aneilema lanceolatum</span></em><span lang="EN-US"> is a</span><span lang="EN-US"> weed plant commonly found in farm lands and bushes around tropical African countries. The plant is utilized as livestock feeds and in traditional medicine in northern Nigeria for the treatment and management of pains, infectious diseases and as sexual stimulant. The present study was aimed at establishing microscopic, physicochemical and phytochemical constituents of the plant. The aerial parts of the plant was collected </span><span lang="EN-US">in May, 2021 </span><span lang="EN-US">from Kubanni, Sabon-gari local government area of Kaduna state and were</span><span lang="EN-US"> identified and authenticated at the Herbarium unit of the Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria and a voucher number ABU0533 was assigned.</span> <span lang="EN-US">The physicochemical parameters, microscopic evaluation and qualitative and quantitative screening of the plant were carried out using standard procedures.</span><span lang="EN-US"> The stomatal index of the upper epidermis (</span><span lang="EN-US">18.60±1.91) </span><span lang="EN-US">is lower than the lower epidermis (</span><span lang="EN-US">22.10±2.03) with palisade ratio of 10.07±0.90. The microscopic of the stem and leaf revealed presence of epidermis, xylem and phloem. Moisture content of the powdered plants was 1.23±0.05% with water and alcohol extractives values of 20.40±0.03% and 12.40±0.05% respectively. The total ash, water-soluble and acid-insoluble ash values are 5.52±0.02, 2.05±0.02% and 2.62±0.01% respectively. </span><span lang="EN-US">The microscopic characters revealed presence of wavy and polygonal shapes of epidermal cells with anomocytic type of stomata and unicellular non-glandular trichomes. </span><span lang="EN-US">The qualitative and quantitative phytochemical studies revealed presence of saponins (10.61%), alkaloids (0.98%), terpenoids (0.10%) and flavonoids (4.08%). The pharmacognostic parameters of the aerial parts of <em>A. lanceolatum</em> were established.</span></p> </div>}, number={3, May-June}, journal={Journal of Current Biomedical Research}, author={Ibrahim Mohammed, Hadiza and Abdulhamid, Zakir and Tesa M, Bilatus and Sabo, Ibrahim and Atinga, Vallada and Musa Lubo, Tabitha}, year={2022}, month={Jun.}, pages={187–195} }