Sana Ullah*, Mati Ullah, Gul Rahim, Saad Khan and Izhar Ullah
The sole objective was to screen five plants for proximate constituents and mineral analysis. These plants include Perilla frutescence, Zanthoxylum armatum, Justicia adhatoda, Mallotus philippensis, and Sapindus mukorossi. The plants were collected from different districts i.e. Swat and Dir lower of Malakand division. The parts used in this experiment were the leaves of the mentioned plants. The leaves were shade-dried in the laboratory. The proximate study (in percentage) revealed that Perilla frutescens has the highest quantity of Ash 22.0% while Zanthoxylum armatum contains the least amount of Ash 7.50%. The highest amount of Moisture was found in Justicia adhatoda and Perilla frutescens 13.30% while moisture was lowest in Mallotus philliipensis 9.80%. The highest amount of protein 22.75% was found in Justicia adhatoda and the lowest was 11.38% found in Perilla frutescens. The Mallotus philliipensis contain the lowest fats of 1.70% while the highest fats are found in Zanthoxylum armatum at 5.20%. The highest fibers were found in Sapindus mukorossi 24.0% while fibers were lowest in Zanthoxylum armatum 12.0%. The sodium and potassium content was high in Sapindus mukorossi 0.4% and 1.8% respectively while sodium was lowest at 0.1% in Zanthoxylum armatum and potassium content was lowest at 0.8% in Perilla frutescens. The results showed that these plants have high nutritional composition. Because of this high nutritive value, they can be recommended for animals and humans as well.
