1 Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State Nigeria.
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria.
3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural & Applied Sciences, Veritas University Abuja, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 15(01), 031–040
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.15.1.0516
Received on 13May 2022; revised on 22June 2022; accepted on 24June 2022
This study analyzed and identified the concentrations of secondary metabolites present in Newbouldia laevis. The results showed the Newbouldia laevis contains various secondary metabolites in the following concentrations: saponin (1.0410±0.13294 mg/g), tannin (1.4665 ± 0.06152 mg/g), glycosides (0.8240 ± 0.1838 mg/g), alkaloid (1.8995 ± 0.2333m g/g), phenol (0.3980 ± 0.03253 mg/g) and flavonoid (1.6170 ± 0.06505 mg/g). The concentration of vitamins were vitamin A (0.0040 ± 0.00436 mg/g), vitamin B1 (0.3700 ± 0.05369 mg/g), vitamin B2 (0.3067 ± 0.00252 mg/g), vitamin B6 (0.0257 ± 0.00503 mg/g), vitamin B9 (0.0677± 0.00351 mg/g), vitamin C (0.1170 ± 0.02272 mg/g), vitamin D (0.2420± 0.01082 mg/g), vitamin E (0.7767 ± 0.02043 mg/g) and vitamin K (0.1147 ± 0.00115 mg/g) and β–carotene (0.0587 ± 0.00252g/g). Thus, the leave extracts of Newbouldia laevis could be used for medicinal purposes.
Phytochemicals; saponin glycosides; alkaloid; phenol; flavonoids; tannins; vitamins
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I.I. Ujah, J.I. Ugochukwu and U.B. Alozieuwa. Phytochemical and vitamin content Newbouldia leaf. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 15(1), 031-040. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.15.1.0516