ASSESSMENT OF THE PROXIMATE, PHYTOCHEMICAL, NUTRITIONAL AND ANTINUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION IN Borreria stachydea (DC)Hutch and Dalziel, Cassia absus Linn and Aspillia kotschyi (Sch.Bipex,Hochst)oliv

📄 Project Abstract

Plants in general, contribute to the energy/calorie, mineral, vitamin and fibre contents of diets. Among plants, vegetables are excellent sources of minerals and contribute to the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of the essential nutrients. Minerals are very important ingredients for normal metabolic activities of body tissues. They are constituents of bones, teeth, blood, muscles, hair and nerve cells. Vitamins cannot be properly assimilated without the correct balance of minerals (Sonni, 2002). Plants have occupied very important position in human life for a very long time. They provide food, medicine, fibre and fodder for man and his animals. A variety of plants have promising nutritive value which could nourish the ever increasing human population. They however remain underutilized due to lack of awareness and technologies for their utilization. Currently, there is a gradual revival of interest in the use of medicinal plants in developing countries because herbal medicines have ...