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| Evaluation of Phytochemicals Property and Nutritional Composition of Water Leaf (Talinum Triangular) and Blood Leaf (Justicia Carne)
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Olowoyeye Odunayo James, Lawal, Ibraheem Kehinde, Owolabi, Oluwafemi Akinkunmi, Muraina Taoreed Adekunle, Abideen, A. Adekanmi, Olajide Oyinloluwa Fisayomi
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Abstract:
The water and blood leaves' phytochemical properties and nutritional composition are the subjects of the current investigation. At farms in Esa-Oke, Osun State, water and blood leaves were collected from parent trees. Different standard procedures were used to determine phytochemicals and nutritional analyses. Water leaf contains alkaloid, flavanoids, saponin, and tannins, whereas blood leaf contains alkaloid, flavanoids, and saponin, according to qualitative photochemical analysis.Water and blood leaves have different amounts of alkaloids (6.57±0.28 and 3.40±0.15), flavanoids (0.05±0.01 and 5.32±0.03), saponins (4.41±0.03 and 2.56±0.05), phenols (0.05±0.01 and 4.01±0.02), and tannins (1.38±0.02 and 0.04±0.00) according to quantitative phytochemical analysis. They used their numerous standard procedures to determine the proximate analysis. Proximate analysis revealed the presence of crude protein (31.1±2.04 and 5.30±0.46), crude fat (8.1±1.38 and 6.90±8.74), ash content (12.2±1.79 and 5.93±0.15), moisture content (6.96±2.29 and 63.4±3.77), dry matter (91.6±3.42 and 82.5±5.23), and carbohydrate (38.07 ±5.2 and 23.03±1.64) in both water and blood leaves. Blood leaves and aqueous extracts of water both contain bioactive chemicals that have been found, and they are both suggested as medicinal plants.
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