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Proximate and phytochemical analysis of leaf, stem and root of Eugenia uniflora | Abstract
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Proximate and phytochemical analysis of leaf, stem and root of Eugenia uniflora

Author(s): Okoh-Esene, Rosemary Uchechukwu, Suleiman Jamila Husseini and Thomas, Sunday Asuquo

The leaves, stem and root of Eugenia uniflora were analyzed for their phytochemicals. The leaves were found to contain saponin, saponin glycosides, flavonoids, tannins and phenol. Anthracenes, balsams, alkaloids and volatile oils were absent. The stem contained phenol, tannin and flavonoid while the root contained just saponin. Proximate determination of moisture, ash, fat, crude fibre, nitrogen and carbohydrate by difference on the leaves, stem and root were carried out. For the leaves, moisture, ash, crude fibre, crude fat, fatty acid present in the crude fat, crude protein and carbohydrate content were, 7.01, 9.24, 1.27, 1.95, 1.60, 9.58 and 70.95 % respectively. The proximate values for the stem are 8.30, 3.57, 0.67, 1.52, 1.22, 6.21 and 79.73 % for moisture, ash, crude fibre, crude fat, fatty acid present in the crude fat, crude protein and carbohydrate content respectively. The values for the root are 7.50,7.00,5.15,0.33,7.23,72.79 and 4.12 for moisture, ash, fat, crude fibre, crude protein, carbohydrate and fatty acid present in the crude fat respectively.