LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
TABLE 1-------. 43
TABLE 2------- 44
TABLE 3------- 44
FIGURE 1-------- 19
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page---------i
Approval page---------ii
Dedication--------iii
Acknowledgement---------.iv
Abstract---------v
List of tables and figures-------vi
Table of Content--------ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction--------.---1
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review---------4
2.0. The heart----------4
2.0.1. Cardiovascular disorder-------.--.6
2.0.2 Diseases Associated with Cardiovascular-----.--7
2.0.3 Some of the risk factor for cardiovascular disorder--.---9
2.1. Causes of cardiovascular disorder----.--10
2.1.1 Symptoms of cardiovascular disorder-------14
2.2 Pharmacological treatment of cardiovascular disorder-----16
2.3 Medicinal plant--------.-.17
2.4 Description of Desmodium Velutinum-----18
2.4.1 Taxonomy of Desmodium Velutium-----.19
2.4.2 Uses of Desmodium Velutium---------20
2.5 Lipoprotein Metabolism in the heart--------21
2.5.1 Classifications of lipoprotein------.22
2.5.2 Danger of high cholesterol level------.24
2.6 Phytochemicals analysis------.25
2.7 Heart Marker----------26
2.7.1 Types of cardiac Marker-----.--26
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Material and Methods--------31
3.1 Identification and extraction of plant material----33
3.2 Hot continuous percolation method------.34
3.3 Phytochemical analysis-------34
3.4 Experimental Animal model-----------------.37
3.5 Collection of blood sample------.-.38
3.6 Enzyme profile Analysis------------39
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Results ---------43
4.1 Quantitative Analysis--------43
4.2 Qualitative Phytochemical-------44
4.3 Heart Marker Enzymes of Rats Fed With Various Sample--.44
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Discussion---------46
5.1 Conclusion---------49
References--.------50
