Nutritional and phytochemical constituents of moringa leaves from sudan.
- University of Khartoum, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, P.O.Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan.
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MoringaOleifera is a perfect example of multi purposes tree and is important food commodity which has had attention as natural nutrition of tropic area. In this present study nutritional and phytochemical contents of the dried leaf powder of MoringaOleifera were determined. The nutritional investigation revealed the presence of Vitamin A 22.9 mg/100g, Vitamin C 60.3 mg/100g, Carbohydrates 45.0mg/100g, Protein 7.5%, Fats 0.35% and fibre 3.9%.For nutrients determination Calcium 1600mg/100g, potassium 260mg/100g, Magnesium 255mg/100g, Zinc 3mg/100g, Manganese 40mg/100g, Copper 0.5 mg /100g and Iron 135mg/100g.Some essential amino acid were investigated, Histidine 650mg/100g, Leucin 2000mg/100g, Lysine 1400mg/100g and cisteine 120mg/100g. The photochemical identification in the leaf powder included Glycosides, Flavinoids, Phenol, Alkaloid and Tannins.
[Salah Elnaiem Mohamed and Shahd Moutasim Merghani. (2016); Nutritional and phytochemical constituents of moringa leaves from sudan. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jul). 525-527] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
