EVALUATION OF NUTRIENT AND MINERAL CONTENT OF THE LEAVES OF PHLOGACANTHUS PULCHERRIMUS CULTIVATED IN THAILAND

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Phlogacanthus pulcherrimus proximate analysis mineral content

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Suchada Jongrungruangchok
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rangsit University, Pathumthani 12000, Thailand
Thanapat Songsak
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rangsit University, Pathumthani 12000, Thailand
Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit
The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, HI96720, USA

Abstract

Phlogacanthus pulcherrimus (T. Anderson), a medicinal plant in Acanthaceae family, has been traditionally used in Thai herbal medicine as diuretics and a nutritional supplement or tonic. The objective of this study was to determine the  proximate composition and constituent minerals of P. pulcherrimus leaves from 6 different agro-climatic regions distributed in  Thailand. By the nutrition value assessment, the content of protein, fat, fiber, and moisture. were found in the range of 3.68-4.17%;0.83-1.22%; 3.47-5.35%, and; 81.20-84.59% of moisture respectively; meanwhile the average content of mineral, which are calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, chromium and iron were 105.60, 2.24, 71.24, 86.28, 0.13, and 1.23 mg/100 g, respectively. The results revealed that P. pulcherrimus leaves indigenous to different agro-climatic regions of Thailand contained an appreciable amount of nutrients and might be used as a good supplement for minerals.

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Jongrungruangchok S, Songsak T, Wongwiwatthananukit S. EVALUATION OF NUTRIENT AND MINERAL CONTENT OF THE LEAVES OF PHLOGACANTHUS PULCHERRIMUS CULTIVATED IN THAILAND. Interprof J Health Sci [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 5 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];12(1):22-6. Available from: https://li05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJHS/article/view/90
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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2014): January - June
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