Nutritional and antinutritional levels of some local vegetables from Delta State, Nigeria

Agbaire, PO

doi:10.5897/ajfs111.175

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“…Sodium is needed in the body in a small amount to help maintain normal blood pressure and normal function of muscles and nerves. Potassium helps in lipid metabolism and energy transduction in cellular membrane function [MEHAS & RODGERS, 2012].Though it is a fact that mineral nutrients of plant origin are not readily available to man as a result of the inability to be absorbed in the small intestine, but complement those from animal origin [AGBAIRE & EMOYAN, 2012].…”

Section: Mineral Concentrations Soybean Genotypesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proximate and Mineral Composition of Selected Soybean Genotypes in Nigeria

Nwosu¹,

Olubiyi²,

Aladele³

et al. 2019

J. Plant Develop.

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TGX1987-10F) developed at National Cereals Research (NCRI) in collaboration with International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the result showed wide significant variations in the proximate and mineral contents. TGX1987-62F recorded the highest dry matter content of 98.34% while TGX 923-2E gave the highest moisture content (6.12%). Highest values for Crude ash (5.02%) and crude fibre (6.12%) were recorded for TGX1951-3F. NGB00116 had the significantly highest protein content of 41.92% and an appreciable oil content of 27.65%. Protein content was also high for TGX1987-10F (41.33%) and NG/MR/11/11/060 (41.31%). TGX1989-19F had the highest oil content of 30.45% and energy value (496.37Kcal/g). NGB00113 had the highest carbohydrate content of 52.74%. K. Na, Ca, Mg and P were highest in NG/SA/JAN/09/48 (1.99%), NGB00116 (0.57%), TGX1485-1D (1.60%) TGX1951-3F (0.84%) and NGB00113 (0.85%) respectively. The study provides valuable information on soybean genotypes with very high protein and oil content for recommendation to farmers and other end users and for breeders to select and utilize in soybean quality improvement programmes.

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Section: Mineral Concentrations Soybean Genotypesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proximate and Mineral Composition of Selected Soybean Genotypes in Nigeria

Nwosu¹,

Olubiyi²,

Aladele³

et al. 2019

J. Plant Develop.

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“…The presence of anti-nutritional factors implies that although these plants contain nutrients but the bioavailability of the nutrients will be low when consumed. This is because when anti nutrients are present in substances, they binds to the nutrients in food substances thereby making the nutrients unavailable to the body, (Okwu, 2004, Agbaire, 2012. The phytochemical content found in this analysis justifies the use of the plants in traditional medical practice for cure or prevention of diseases such as in wound healing, and ant diabetic activity, lowering of cholesterol level.…”

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Comparative Proximate Composition, Anti-Nutritional Analyses and Ant-Microbial Screening of Some Nigerian Medicinal Plants

Khan¹,

Adebayo²,

Osigbemhe³

et al. 2023

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The food insecurity in the world/Nigeria paves the way for more research to remedy human hunger /diseases caused by weather conditions / greenhouse effects. This study compares and validates the proximate composition, the anti-nutritional and anti-microbial screening of crude methanol extracts of three Nigerian medicinal plants; Lactuca taraxacifolia; [ moisture (10.68 ± 00%), Ash (19.48 ± 0.03%), Crude fibre (39.16 ± 0.10%), Crude Protein (7.97± 0.03%), Lipid (11.77± 0.02%), Carbohydrate (29.91± 0.13%), Oxalate > Phylate > Tannin; the inhibition zones for the most effective concentration of 50 mg / mL : Staphylococcus. aureus 45.66 ± 0.00, Escherichia coli 49.40 ± 0.01, Salmonella typhi 42.30 ± 0.00, Streptococcus faecalis 41.90 ± 0.01]. Aframomum melegueta; {Moisture (4.36 ± 0.04 %), Ash (6.75 ± 0.03%), Crude fibre (19.92 ± 0.11 %), Protein (5.48 ± 0.04 %), Crude fat (3.60 ± 0.13%), Carbohydrate (59.49 ± 004%), Tannin > Phylate > Oxalate; S. aureus 20.22 ± 0.01, E. coli 30.21 ± 0.30, S. typhi 15.24 ± 0.11, S. faecalis 15.61 ± 0.13} and Ocimum gratissimum; [Moisture (12.43 ± 0.22%), Ash (17.77 ± 0.04%), Fibre (19.91± 0.15%), Protein (1.92 ± 0.26%), Fat (11.80 ± 0.02%), Carbohydrate (42.63 ± 0.06%), Tannin > Phylate > Oxalate; S. aureus 35.03 ± 0.00, E. coli 34.22 ± 0.71, S. typhi 32.02 ± 0.01, S. faecalis 30.01 ± 0.42]. Considering the proximate analyses, it’s seen that, A. melegueta carbohydrates is the greatest followed by O. gratissimum, then L. taraxacifolia. Their anti-nuttherapeutics and nutrients, especially during this era of food

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“…Saponins are another type of bioactive chemical constituents which are involved in plant disease resistant because of their antimicrobial activity [35]. On the other hand, saponins have been shown to possess both beneficial (cholesterol-lowering) and deleterious (cytotoxic; permeabilization of the intestine) properties [36]. Although, some saponins have been shown to be highly toxic under experimental conditions and acute poisoning is relatively rare both in animals and man [37].…”

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Pharmacological effects of the phytochemicals of Anethum sowa L. root extracts

Saleh-e-In

Sultana

Hossain

et al. 2016

BMC Complement Altern Med

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Background Anethum sowa L. is widely used as an important spice and traditional medicinal plants to treat various ailments. On the basis of scientific ethnobotanical information, this study was undertaken to evaluate the antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of the crude extracts of Anethum sowa L. roots as well as to identify the classes of phytochemicals by chemical tests.MethodsThe antioxidant potential of the extracts was ascertained with the stable organic free radical (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl). The agar well diffusion method was used to determine the susceptibility of bacterial and fungal strains of the crude extracts. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBC) were determined by the microdilution test. Cytotoxic activities were screened using brine shrimps (Artemia salina) lethality assay. Finally, phytochemicals were profiled using standard procedures.ResultsA preliminary phytochemical screening of the different crude extracts by methanol, ethyl acetate and chloroform showed the presence of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, alkaloids, saponin, cardiac glycosides and tannins while cyanogenetic glycosides were not detected. The methanol, ethyl acetate and chloroform extracts displayed high antioxidant activity (IC50 = 13.08 ± 0.03, 33.48 ± 0.16 and 36.42 ± 0.41 μg/mL, respectively) in the DPPH assay comparable to that of the standard ascorbic acid and BHT (IC50 = 3.74 ± 0.05 and 11.84 ± 0.29 μg/mL). The cytotoxic activity of the crude ethyl acetate and chloroform extracts possessed excellent activity (LC50 = 5.03 ± 0.08, 5.23 ± 0.11 and 17.22 ± 0.14 μg/mL, respectively) against brine shrimp larvae after 24 h of treatment and compared with standard vincristine sulphate (LC50 = 0.46 ± 0.05 μg/mL). The extracts also showed good antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria when compared with two standard antibiotics ciprofloxacin and tetracycline.ConclusionThese results showed that the Anethum sowa root extracts are the important source of the antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic agent. So, further research is necessary to isolate and characterize of different phytoconstituents for pharmaceutical drug lead molecules and also to verify its traditional uses.

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Nutritional and antinutritional levels of some local vegetables from Delta State, Nigeria

Cited by 34 publications

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Proximate and Mineral Composition of Selected Soybean Genotypes in Nigeria

Proximate and Mineral Composition of Selected Soybean Genotypes in Nigeria

Comparative Proximate Composition, Anti-Nutritional Analyses and Ant-Microbial Screening of Some Nigerian Medicinal Plants

Pharmacological effects of the phytochemicals of Anethum sowa L. root extracts

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