ANTIOXIDANT AND WOUND HEALING PROPERTIES OF SOME SELECTED PLANTS FROM KPANDO TRADITIONAL AREA: ISOLATION OF FLAVONOIDS FROM ANOGEISSUS LEIOCARPUS (DC) GUILL AND PERR (COMBRETACEAE)

ABSTRACT Twenty-six wound healing plants have been identified in the Kpando Traditional Area in Ghana. The methanol extracts of six of these plants showed some level of antimicrobial activity against wound causing infectious microorganisms. Similarly, four of these plants exhibited significant wound healing properties. Free radical scavenging activity by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical (DPPH) indicated a concentration dependent activity with no significant difference from Ascorbic acid (P