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The people of south western Nigeria have been using C. albidum leaves for the management ofinfections / ailments since prehistoric times, although scientific evidence for its antimicrobialeffect is still lacking. Studies have been carried out on seeds of C. albidum; for example seedstorage and its food value, physical properties of the seed, use of the shell of seeds for theremoval of metal ions and antimicrobial effect of oil from its seeds against some local clinicalbacteria isolates (Amusa et al., 2003; Oyelade et al.,2005; Ugbogu and Akukwe, 2008; Oboh etal., 2009). Studies have also examined its antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antioxidantactivities of eleagnine: an alkaloid isolated from the seed cotyledons (Idowu et al., 2006).
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