Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface of the Book of Proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications (VCCA-2020) v
3. Contents vii
4. List of contributing authors xiii
5. 1 Traditional uses, biological activities, and phytochemicals of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides: a review 1
6. 2 Phytochemical and antioxidant activity of Cadaba farinosa Forssk stem bark extracts 19
7. 3 Development of reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for determination of selected antihypertensive active flavonoids (rutin, myricetin, quercetin, and kaempferol) in medicinal plants found in Botswana 31
8. 4 Synthesis of biologically active heterocyclic compounds from allenic and acetylenic nitriles and related compounds 45
9. 5 Experimental investigation of ternary mixture of diclofenac sodium with pharmaceutical excipients 85
10. 6 Ethnobotanical survey, phytoconstituents and antibacterial investigation of Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez. bark, fruit and leaf extracts 97
11. 7 Compounds isolated from hexane fraction of Alternanthera brasiliensis show synergistic activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus 123
12. 8 Evaluation of raw, treated and effluent water quality from selected water treatment plants: a case study of Lagos Water Corporation 147
13. 9 Detection of cysteine-rich peptides in Tragia benthamii Baker (Euphorbiaceae) and in vivo antiinflammatory effect in a chick model 169
14. 10 Combinatorial library design and virtual screening of cryptolepine derivatives against topoisomerase IIA by molecular docking and DFT studies 187
15. Index 213