Chemical Analyses, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Extracts from Cola nitida Seed

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Medicinal plants are the richest, cheapest and most readily available source of drugs, nutraceuticals and food supplements. Pharmaceutical industries still rely largely on medicinal plants for interme-diates due to their chemical diversities. This study, therefore, investigated the chemical constituents, thermal decomposition products and biological activities of extract from seeds of Cola nitida (the 'kola nut').