Department of Botany, University of Malakand, Pakistan
Research
Proximate Analysis and Mineral composition of Some Selected Medicinal plants of Malakand Division, Pakistan
Author(s): 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 Mall.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-6836.23.11.3.8-12
