Phytochemical and vitamin content Newbouldia leaf
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
Publication history:
Received on 13May 2022; revised on 22June 2022; accepted on 24June 2022
Abstract:
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.
Keywords:
Phytochemicals; saponin glycosides; alkaloid; phenol; flavonoids; tannins; vitamins
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