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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 3 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2012(October - December)</issue_period>
<title>NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF LEAVES OF BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA L. AND ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA (BURM.F.)WALL. EX NEES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUTRACEAUTICAL APPLICATIONS </title>
<abstract>Fresh leaves of  lessThan i greaterThan Boerhaavia diffusa  lessThan /i greaterThan and  lessThan i greaterThan Andrographis paniculata lessThan /i greaterThan  were evaluated for nutritional and anti-nutritional compositions. The results showed that both plant leaves contained saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids. The proximate analysis and vitamin C of  lessThan i greaterThan B. diffusa  lessThan /i greaterThan and  lessThan i greaterThan A. paniculata lessThan /i greaterThan  included moisture (76.04% and 73.02%), carbohydrate (17.14% and 12.16%) and vitamin C (40.00 and 45.01mg/100g), respectively. The mineral contents of the lessThan i greaterThan  B. diffusa  lessThan /i greaterThan and  lessThan i greaterThan A. paniculata lessThan /i greaterThan  leaves were found to be P (151.45 and 250.13mg/100g), Na (160.21 and 152.50mg/100g), Ca (218.24 and 318.62mg/100g) and Mg (8.93 and 7.68 mg/100g) respectively. The vitamin and mineral compositions obtained from the analysis suggested that the leaves of these two plants are a good source of vitamin C where as the presence of macro-and micro-nutrients in both the plants leaves make them strongly suitable to be incorporated into human nutrition. The presence of phytochemicals and vitamin C also suggested the anti-oxidant property of these two medicinal plants.</abstract>
<authors>VINITA PURANIK,DURGESH KUMAR TRIPATHI, DEVINDER KAURAND  DEVENDRA KUMAR CHAUHAN</authors>
<keywords>Boerhaavia diffusa, Andrographis paniculata, proximate and chemical compositions.</keywords>
<pages>315-321</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
