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