NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF LEAVES OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA L. AND ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA (BURM.F.)WALL. EX NEES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRACEAUTICAL APPLICATIONS

Authors

  • VINITA PURANIK Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
  • DURGESH KUMAR TRIPATHI Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
  • DEVINDER KAUR Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
  • DEVENDRA KUMAR CHAUHAN Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Keywords:

Boerhaavia diffusa, Andrographis paniculata, proximate and chemical compositions.

Abstract

Fresh leaves of Boerhaavia diffusa and Andrographis paniculata were evaluated for nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions. The results showed that both plant leaves contained saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids. The proximate analysis and vitamin C of B. diffusa and A. paniculata included moisture (76.04% and 73.02%), carbohydrate (17.14% and 12.16%) and vitamin C (40.00 and 45.01mg/100g), respectively. The mineral contents of the B. diffusa and A. paniculata leaves were found to be P (151.45 and 250.13mg/100g), Na (160.21 and 152.50mg/100g), Ca (218.24 and 318.62mg/100g) and Mg (8.93 and 7.68 mg/100g) respectively. The vitamin and mineral compositions obtained from the analysis suggested that the leaves of these two plants are a good source of vitamin C where as the presence of macro-and micro-nutrients in both the plants leaves make them strongly suitable to be incorporated into human nutrition. The presence of phytochemicals and vitamin C also suggested the anti-oxidant property of these two medicinal plants.

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Published

2012-12-31

How to Cite

VINITA PURANIK, DURGESH KUMAR TRIPATHI, DEVINDER KAUR, & DEVENDRA KUMAR CHAUHAN. (2012). NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF LEAVES OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA L. AND ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA (BURM.F.)WALL. EX NEES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRACEAUTICAL APPLICATIONS. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 3(4), 315–321. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.in/index.php/journal/article/view/1683

Issue

Volume 3, Issue 4, 2012

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Research Articles

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