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Bearing in mind the need to explore the medicinal prospects of this agricultural waste, this study was aimed at the characterization of the chemical constituents of the different solvent extracts of the oil palm leaf. Materials and Methods Oil Palm Leaf and ChemicalsLeaves of Elaeis guineensis were collected from Ovwor Mixed Secondary School in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria in the month of May 11, 2016. The leaves were authenticated and identified at Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan with voucher number of F101173.The solvents and reagentswere products of British Drug House Chemicals, Poole, England.