Phytochemical and Nutritional Constituents of Some Common Vegetables in South-West, Nigeria

1
AJIBOYE ABIODUN
AJIBOYE ABIODUN
2
Ajiboye A.A.
Ajiboye A.A.
3
Fadimu O. Y.
Fadimu O. Y.
4
Ajiboye M.D.
Ajiboye M.D.
5
Agboola D. A
Agboola D. A
6
Adelaja A. B.
Adelaja A. B.
7
Bem A.A.
Bem A.A.
1 Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Send Message

To: Author

GJSFR Volume 14 Issue C3

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

C329O

Phytochemical and Nutritional Constituents of Some Common Vegetables in South-West, Nigeria Banner
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Basque
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chichewa
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Corsican
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Galician
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Igbo
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Javanese
  • Kannada
  • Kazakh
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Kurdish (Kurmanji)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Lao
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Maori
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Myanmar (Burmese)
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian
  • Pashto
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Sesotho
  • Shona
  • Sindhi
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Sundanese
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tajik
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Xhosa
  • Yiddish
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

Several vegetable species abound in Nigeria and most West African countries where they are used partly as condiments or spices in human diets or as supplementary feeds to livestock. There were ten samples of vegetable used in this study and were analyzed for a major source of ascorbic acid and the mean values ranged from 170 -425 mg/100 g, Celosia argentea “Soko” (425 mg/100 g) and Amaranthus hydridus “tete” (408 mg/100 g) both having the highest ascorbic acid while Corchorous olitorius “ewedu” (170 mg/100 g) had the least ascorbic acid. Amaranthus hydridus and Talinum triangulare had the highest mineral contents. Carbohydrate contents ranged from 3.9 -48.2 g/100 g, Ocimum gratissium “efirin” having 3.9 g/100 g while Vernonia amygdalina “ewuro” had 48.2 g/100 g. Protein content ranged from 5 -28.2 g/100 g.

17 Cites in Articles

References

  1. C Adewunmi,E Sofowora (1980). Preliminary Screening of some Plant Extracts for Molluscicidal Activity.
  2. E Adeyeye,Mko Otokiti (1999). Proximate composition and some nutritional valuable minerals of two varieties of Capsicum annum (bell and cherry peppers).
  3. D Ahmed,M Chaudhary (2009). Medicinal and nutritional aspects of various trace metals determined in Ajuga bracteosa.
  4. M Akhtar,M Athar,M Yaqub (1981). Effect of Momordica charantia on blood glucose level of normal and alloxan-diabetic rabbits.
  5. Aoac (1990). Official Methods of Analysis.
  6. G Ayoola,Hab Cooker,S Adesegun,A Adepoju-Bello,K Obaweya,E Ezennia,T Atangbayila (2008). Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activities of some selected medicinal plants used for malaria therapy in Southwestern Nigeria.
  7. K Choudhary,N Bandyopadhyay (1999). Preliminary studies on the inorganic constituents of some indigenous hyperglycaemic herbs on oral glucose tolerance test.
  8. H Edeoga,D Okwu,B Mbaebie (2005). Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants.
  9. M Ezekwe,S Besong,P Igbokwe (2001). Contributors.
  10. Robert Heaney (2009). Dairy and Bone Health.
  11. I Kamshilov,R Zaprudnova (2009). Interspecies differences of hemoglobin buffer properties and of ion environment in some freshwater fish.
  12. F Kola (2004). Proximate Composition of Bungu (Ceratothesesamoides endl.) leaves and seeds.
  13. A Kumar,R Ilavarasan,T Jayachandr,M Decaraman,P Aravindhan,N Padmanabha,Mrv Krishnan (2009). Phytochemicals Investigation on a Tropical Plant, Syzygium cumini from Kattuppalayam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, South India.
  14. T Omaha (2011). US Department of Energy: Iodine and Vitamin C Test.
  15. Leila Saldanha (1995). Fiber in the Diet of US Children: Results of National Surveys.
  16. Gyula Schneider,Janos Wolfling (2004). Synthetic Cardenolides and Related Compounds.
  17. R Srivastava,D Kulshreshtha (1989). Bioactive polysaccharides from plants.

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

AJIBOYE ABIODUN. 2014. \u201cPhytochemical and Nutritional Constituents of Some Common Vegetables in South-West, Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - C: Biological Science GJSFR-C Volume 14 (GJSFR Volume 14 Issue C3): .

Download Citation

Issue Cover
GJSFR Volume 14 Issue C3
Pg. 49- 53
Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJSFR

Print ISSN 0975-5896

e-ISSN 2249-4626

Classification
Not Found
Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

September 24, 2014

Language

English

Experiance in AR

The methods for personal identification and authentication are no exception.

Read in 3D

The methods for personal identification and authentication are no exception.

Article Matrices
Total Views: 4560
Total Downloads: 2176
2026 Trends
Research Identity (RIN)
Related Research

Published Article

Several vegetable species abound in Nigeria and most West African countries where they are used partly as condiments or spices in human diets or as supplementary feeds to livestock. There were ten samples of vegetable used in this study and were analyzed for a major source of ascorbic acid and the mean values ranged from 170 -425 mg/100 g, Celosia argentea “Soko” (425 mg/100 g) and Amaranthus hydridus “tete” (408 mg/100 g) both having the highest ascorbic acid while Corchorous olitorius “ewedu” (170 mg/100 g) had the least ascorbic acid. Amaranthus hydridus and Talinum triangulare had the highest mineral contents. Carbohydrate contents ranged from 3.9 -48.2 g/100 g, Ocimum gratissium “efirin” having 3.9 g/100 g while Vernonia amygdalina “ewuro” had 48.2 g/100 g. Protein content ranged from 5 -28.2 g/100 g.

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]
×

This Page is Under Development

We are currently updating this article page for a better experience.

Request Access

Please fill out the form below to request access to this research paper. Your request will be reviewed by the editorial or author team.
X

Quote and Order Details

Contact Person

Invoice Address

Notes or Comments

This is the heading

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

High-quality academic research articles on global topics and journals.

Phytochemical and Nutritional Constituents of Some Common Vegetables in South-West, Nigeria

Ajiboye A.A.
Ajiboye A.A.
Fadimu O. Y.
Fadimu O. Y.
Ajiboye M.D.
Ajiboye M.D.
Agboola D. A
Agboola D. A
Adelaja A. B.
Adelaja A. B.
Bem A.A.
Bem A.A.

Research Journals