Nutritive and Anti-Nutritive Properties of 
 Boerhavia diffusa and Commelina nudiflora Leaves

Ujowundu, C. O.; Igwe, C. U.; Enemor, Victor Henry Azubuike; Nwaogu, L. A.; Okafor, O. E.

doi:10.3923/pjn.2008.90.92

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“…It supports the use of the plant as a non-toxic leafy vegetable by the tribes [40] . Moreover, the vegetable was found as a rich source of some macro and micronutrients by the researchers [40] . Large amount of alkaloids present in the plant are also noncarcinogenic.…”

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Phytochemical screening and in vitro bioactivities of the extracts of aerial part of Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

Apu

Liza

Jamaluddin

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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“…Boerhavia is a genus of 40 species [1] , almost all of which are widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas of Asia, Africa, America and Australia [2] . Among those species, Boerhavia diffusa Linn.…”

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Phytochemical screening and in vitro bioactivities of the extracts of aerial part of Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

Apu

Liza

Jamaluddin

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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“…They also affect glucagons and thyroid stimulating hormones, white some have been reported to be carcinogenic. Flavonoids have been found to have anti-oxidation effects in animals (Ujowundu et al, 2008).…”

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“…All data generated were statistically analyzed using the SPSS for Windows 10.0 (Eluyode and Alabi, 2007;Abulude et al, 2011), and aqueous leaves extracts of Boerhavia diffusa and Commelina midiflora (Ujowundu et al, 2008). The presences of these bioactive substances in the seed extract have been reported to have pharmacological functions which may act synergistically (Akpan and Usoh 2004).…”

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Nutritional values of flamboyant (Delonix regia) seeds obtained in Akure, Nigeria

Abulude¹,

Adejayan

2017

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“…The plant is consumed as vegetable as it is believed to be a rich source of vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrate (Cho et al, 2004). It has been shown to contain a large number of compounds such as flavonoids, saponins, steroids and alkaloids (Ujowundu et al, 2008).…”

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The effect of the aqueous extract of the leaves of <i>Boerhavia diffusa</i> Linn. on semen and testicular morphology of male wistar rats

Adenubi¹,

Raji²,

Awe³

et al. 2010

Science World Journal

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The effect of aqueous leaf extract of Boerhavia diffusa plant on the semen and testicular morphology of male Wistar rats was investigated. Thirty five rats were divided into seven groups of five animals each (Groups I-VII) with group I serving as the control. Distilled water (0.5 mls) was administered orally to rats in Group I (Control), while rats in the remaining six experimental groups (II-VII) were dosed orally with 50, 100 and 150mg/kg of 2.4% aqueous extract of B. diffusa for 60 days and then euthanized immediately (Grps II, IV & VI) or allowed to recover for one week before euthanasia (Grps III, V & VII). The serum testosterone level, weights and histopathology of the testes, epididymes and seminal vesicles were determined, and the spermatozoa from the cauda epididymes of the groups were studied. Data were compared using Man-whitney's test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). There was no significant difference in the serum testosterone level between treated rats and control. The weights of the testes, epididymes and seminal vesicles were however significantly (P<0.05) decreased in treated rats compared with the control. Sperm motility and sperm count decreased significantly (P<0.05) also in the treated rats compared with the control. In addition, the sperm live-dead ratio decreased significantly (P<0.05) in rats treated with 100 and 150mg/kg of the extract (Grps IV-VII) compared with the control. Histopathology of the testes of treated rats revealed marked degeneration of germinal epithelia with spermiostasis. This result suggests that aqueous extract of B. diffusa produced adverse effects in semen and testicular morphology of the rats.

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Nutritive and Anti-Nutritive Properties of Boerhavia diffusa and Commelina nudiflora Leaves

Cited by 51 publications

References 8 publications

Phytochemical screening and in vitro bioactivities of the extracts of aerial part of Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

Phytochemical screening and in vitro bioactivities of the extracts of aerial part of Boerhavia diffusa Linn.

Nutritional values of flamboyant (Delonix regia) seeds obtained in Akure, Nigeria

The effect of the aqueous extract of the leaves of <i>Boerhavia diffusa</i> Linn. on semen and testicular morphology of male wistar rats

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