Antimicrobial Effects Of Three Species Of Mangifera Indica

TITLE PAGE    
APPROVAL PAGE    
DEDICATION                                
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                    
ABSTRACT    
TABLE OF CONTENTS                                        
LIST OF TABLES        
LIST OF FIGURES        

CHAPTER ONE                                        
1.0    INTRODUCTION        
1.1 AIMS
1.2 JUSTIFICATION                    
1.3 LITERATURE REVIEW                                
1.3.1 BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION    
1.3.2 TAXONOMICAL CLASSIFICATION    
1.3.3 PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF Mangifera indica    
1.3.3.1 Phenolic Acids        
1.3.3.2 Flavonoids and other Polyphenolic Compounds    
1.4 ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF Mangifera indica    

CHAPTER TWO            
2.0    Plant Materials            
2.1 Preparation of plant materials        
2.2 Test organisms            
2.3 Extraction        
2.4 Microbiological media        
2.5 Assay for the antimicrobial activity

CHAPTER THREE                                        
3.1 RESULTS             

CHAPTER FOUR            
4.0 DISCUSSION            
4.1 CONCLUSION    
REFERENCES 

LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Antimicrobial activity of aqueous leaf extract of three sub-species of Mangifera indica
Table 3.2 Antimicrobial activity of ethanolic leaf extract of three sub-species of Mangifera indica.

LIST OF FIGURES
Chart 3.1: sensitivity reaction on Staphylococcus aureus.
Chart 3.2: sensitivity reaction on Pseudomonas aeruginosa    
Chart 3.3: sensitivity reaction on Escherichia coli.        
Chart 3.4: 0.1 concentration of the three Mangifera indica sub-species on test organisms.
Chart 3.5: 0.01 concentration of the three Mangifera indica sub-species on test organisms.