Open Accessin vitro Determination of Nutritive and Antinutritive Contents of Helichrysum petiolare Hilliard & B.L. Burtt
Author(s) -
Adebowale Emmanuel Aladejana,
Graeme Bradley,
Anthony Jide Afolayan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2021.22882
Subject(s) - chemistry , food science , nutrient , oxalate , carbohydrate , botany , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Till date, less studies have been done on the nutritive and antinutritive constituents of Helichrysumpetiolare. This study therefore evaluated the nutritive and antinutritive constituents of the plant usingproximate analysis and standard laboratory procedures, respectively. The result showed high levels ofacid detergent fibre (ADF), vitamins (A, C and E), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and minerals in H.petiolare. The high ADF level was believed to be responsible for the low energy, fat and carbohydratelevels observed in this study. The result also showed high level of oxalate and therefore, suggestscooking of the plant before human consumption. Overall nutrition, antinutritional and mineralcompositions of the plant showed that the H. petiolare is immensely rich in vital nutrients that are ofgreat importance to health and metabolism. These nutrients are suggested to be partly responsible forthe plant’s useful medicinal properties.