Ethanolic Extract of Moringa oleifera as Potential Indicator for Acid-base Titration
Khalid Da’u Khalid *
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Jodhpur National University, India
Mustapha Balarabe Idris
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Jodhpur National University, India
Naziru Alhassan Muhammad
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Jodhpur National University, India
Ahmad Bala Ahmad
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Jodhpur National University, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Indicator is one of the solution which is of great importance in volumetric analysis. Different flower extract were tested to see their effectiveness and how they can be used as substitute to synthetic indicators, because of their hazardous effect on to the environment and cost. Extract of Moringa oleifera flower also serve the same purpose tested at different concentrations of acid-base solution coupling in which the mean value and standard deviations obtained shows that, it can effectively stand in place of synthetic ones. As such extract of Moringa oleifera can be used as acid-base indicator.
Keywords: Indicator, Moringa oleifera, titration, UV- visible