Publications by authors named "Wasiu Olalekan Afolabi"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the potential use of spent leaves from a certain family as a natural food preservative, focusing on their bioactive essential oils and extracts.
- It evaluates the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of both crude extracts and a specific flavonoid (6-methyltectochrysin), finding that the crude extract is significantly more effective as an antioxidant and shows strong antimicrobial effects, outperforming the antibiotic ampicillin.
- The findings support the idea that the crude extract could be a promising natural food preservative due to its significant bioactivity, particularly against resistant microbial strains.
