Abstract:
This study aims to know the phytochemical composition of Chenopodium quinoa Willd grains grown in Oum Touyour El-M' Ghair province. The primary chemical screening of some secondary metabolites in the extracts of quinoa grains, as the detection showed that the yellow quinoa grains contain all of the saponins, flavonoids, and the trace compounds in significant proportions, while the average proportions of tannins and alkaloids, and weak proportions of sterols and triterpenes were recorded. The number of polyphenols in the aqueous extract of quinoa was estimated at 37.94 ?g AG E/mg Ex, while the tannins were at 60.63 ?g CA E/mg Ex, and the flavonoid content gave 18,40?g QeE/mgEx
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