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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Proximate analysis of medicinally important plant Annona squamosa seeds
Authors
Raj Kumar, Tanuja Srivastava, DC Saxena
Abstract
The Annona squamosa (Sitaphal; family – Annonaceae) is mainly distributed in the regions of America, Australia, Africa, Malaysia and India. The proximate analysis of medicinal plants or its phytoconstituents become a highly complex issue. Keeping in view the traditional, alternative and complementary medicinal uses, sporadic pharmacognostic reports are available on plant. Therefore, it was considered worthwhile to establish a complete proximate analysis of this clinically potential plant. The various proximate analysis parameters of plant were established using well established methods reported in scientific reports. The mean values of total ash, moisture content, protein content, fat content, fiber content and carbohydrates content were found to be 11.02 ± 0.02, 8.23 ± 0.01, 13.32 ± 0.58, 30.21 ± 0.12, 7.28 ± 0.10 and 45.45 ± 0.98 % w/w respectively. The plant has been reported to contain sterols, triterpenoids, fats in n-hexane extract; alkaloids, triterpenoids in chloroform extract; saponins, flavonoids, phenols / tannins, proteins in methanol extract and proteins, saponins, carbohydrates in water extract. The mean values of total phenols and flavonoids content in methanol extract of plant seeds were found to be 7.11 ± 0.41 and 2.52 ± 0.10 % w/w respectively. The methanol extract exhibited maximum antioxidant activity (IC50 = 64.71 µg/ml) in comparison to rutin (IC50 = 5.91 µg/ml). Further, it can be suggested that antioxidant activity of plant may be due to presence of higher amount of total phenols and flavonoids as major bioactive compounds. At last, the research findings of present investigations suggested that various proximate analysis standards for Annona squamosa seeds help the various research persons working in the field of medicinal plants for various natural plants related activities such as phytochemical and pharmacological work.
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Pages:283-289
How to cite this article:
Raj Kumar, Tanuja Srivastava, DC Saxena "Proximate analysis of medicinally important plant <em>Annona squamosa</em> seeds ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 283-289
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