Dataset on analytical characterization of bioactive components from Azadirachta indica, Canna indica, Magnifera indica and Moringa oleifera leaf extracts and their applications in nanoparticles biosynthesis.

This paper presents data on the bioactive phytoconstituents in Azadirachta indica, Canna indica, Magnifera indica, and Moringa oleifera analyzed using quantitative and qualitative phytochemical screening methods, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Extracts were prepared in water, ethanol (EtOH) and EtOH:water mix. Identification of bioactive components was based on their spectral data and retention times compared with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) mass spectral library. The most prominent absorption bands indicated are O-H stretching vibration, C-H stretch of polyols, aromatic C=C stretching vibration, O-H stretch of polyols, C-H stretching vibration and C-OH polyols. The GC-MS characterization for A. indica showed the presence of phenols, organic acids and carbohydrates with cannabidiol as the most abundant. Crude extracts of M. oleifera showed six phenolic compounds with 4-hydroxy-bezoic acid and cannabidiol present prominently. Six phenolic phytoconstituents were identified in M. indica extracts with 1,2,3-benzenetriol as the major polyphenolic compound. Biogenic iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized and the formation was confirmed using a UV spectrometer (UV-3000 ORI, Germany) between 200 and 800 nm spectral range. X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization of the biosynthesized iron oxide nanoparticles was carried out using Empyrean, Malvern PanAnalytical.

Experimental dataset investigating the effect of temperature in the presence or absence of catalysts on the pyrolysis of plantain and yam peels for bio-oil production.

More than 1.3 billion tons, a third of the total food produced, is wasted annually, and it has been predicted to increase in the coming years. Food waste significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting in the release of about 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 into the environment yearly. Hence this large amount of wastes, with adverse environmental effects, needs to be appropriately managed. New technologies such as Anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and gasification are being used to produce renewable energy, which in turn reduces the increasing level of food wastes in the environment. Pyrolysis of biomass materials or food wastes produces high-value energy products or bio-oil that can possibly replace non-renewable fossil fuels when it is upgraded. In this study, pyrolysis (thermal treatment in the absence of oxygen) of plantain and yam peels to produce bio-oil, was investigated. The pyrolysis conditions, wide temperature ranges at an interval of 100 °C (200-700 °C), absence of a catalyst (AOC), the use of zeolite -Y catalyst using two separate heterogeneous catalysis procedures were imposed and used to produced bio-oil. In the first procedure, the pyrolysis gases were allowed to rise through a zeolite-Y catalyst bed (HTC). And in the second procedure, the plantain or yam peel feedstock was first mixed uniformly with the zeolite-Y catalyst before pyrolysis (HMC). The GC-MS machine was used to analyze or characterize the obtained bio-oil while proximate analysis and XRF machine were used to characterize the plantain and yam peels feed. The residue, biochar, from the pyrolysis process, was also characterized using the XRF machine.

Dataset on phytochemical screening, FTIR and GC-MS characterisation of Azadirachta indica and Cymbopogon citratus as reducing and stabilising agents for nanoparticles synthesis.

The dataset for this article contains phytochemical and FTIR data for three different extracts from two indigenous medicinal plants obtained from Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria and the GC-MS characterisation data for their ethanolic extracts. To obtain this data, the leaves of Azadirachta indica and Cymbopogon citratus were collected from the premises of Covenant University, Nigeria. The plants were dried, pulverized and extracted with ethanol, distilled water and ethanol:water (50:50), before phytochemical screening (qualitative and quantitative), FTIR and GC-MS analyses were carried out. The dataset provides insight into the presence of bioactive phyto-constituents such as polyphenols and tannins as potential precursors for green-based nanoparticle synthesis.