1 Department of Chemistry, Akwa Ibom State University, Mkpat Enin, Nigeria.
2 Department of Science Technology, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 14(02), 598–602
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.14.2.0462
Received on 19 April 2022; revised on 22 May 2022; accepted on 25 May 2022
Plant leaves play an essential part in health service as source of medicines. Since ancient age, plants are exploited as medicinal source. Various medicinal plants and their purified constituents have exposed helpful therapeutic potentials. The present study revealed the nutritional and antinutritional content of S. alternata which are known to possess the active medicinal chemical constituents. S. alternata has high content of the following essential minerals; Calcium, and Sodium with the following concentrations; 15.82 ± 0.01mg/100g and 10.55 ± 0.01 mg/100g, respectively. While relative amount of Potassium (5.89 ± 0.03mg/100g), Phosphorus (3.97 ± 0.02mg/100g) and Magnesium (6.29 ± 0.02mg/100g) were found to be present in the sample. The presence of Phytochemicals; Saponins, Alkaloids, Flavonoids Tannins and Hydrogen cyanide were evaluated to be 5.23± 0.01 mg/100g, 5.54 ± 0.0102mg/100g, 31.60 ± 0.0202mg/100g, 12.59 ± 0.0102mg/100g and 10.11 ± 0.0102mg/100g respectively. Anti-nutritional factors were recorded, thus; Phytate (5.37 ± 0.02 mg/100g), Oxalate (2.95 ± 0.01 mg/100g), Tannin (4.29 ± 0.01 mg/100g) and Cynogenic glyconide (7.53 ± 0.01 mg/100g). The presence of these phytochemicals and minerals point to the medicinally and nutritionally potent and should be used in the pharmaceutical industries for the formulation of drugs. All the anti-nutrient concentrations found exceeded the acceptable levels for human and animal consumption. However, the levels of anti-nutrients can be reduced through traditional processing techniques such as boiling, steaming, and cooking to make it safer for drugs development.
Phytochemicals; Antinutrients; Strobilanthes alternata; Nutritional; Minerals
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Kufre Edet Essien, Eno Sunday Udo, Okon Effiong Okon and Aniekan Ekpenyong Owen. Evaluation of antinutritional, phytochemical and mineral composition of Strobilanthes alternata leaves in Ikot Ekpene LGA of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 14(2), 598-602. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.14.2.0462