Abstract
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed some pest and disease resistant cowpeas. From these the seeds of 8 cowpea cultivars were extracted with ethanol, and partitioned into chloroform and water-soluble fractions, the water-soluble fraction was further extracted with ethyl acetate. Residues from ethanol, chloroform and ethyl acetate soluble fractions for each of the 8 cowpea cultivars were screened against brine shrimp larvae. The seed extracts of cowpea cultivars IT93K - 596 - 9 - 12, IT90K - 277 - 2 and IT93K - 452 - 1 were found to be most active, indicating that they contain cytotoxic compound(s).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-516 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | African Journal of Biotechnology |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2005 |
Keywords
- Bioactive compund
- Biotechnology
- Brine shrimp larvae
- Cowpea
- Cytotoxicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Agronomy and Crop Science