Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute
Vegetables have been widely used for their health-promoting properties, as they have been found to be rich in minerals, and phytochemicals. The utilization of available leaves rich in essential nutrients is limited in the northern part of Nigeria; this may probably be due to ignorance. The specific...
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Department of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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| author | Suleiman Abdullahi Charity Baliyat Dankat Abigail Ayuba Christiana Auta Ibrahim Danjuma |
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| description | Vegetables have been widely used for their health-promoting properties, as they have been found to be rich in minerals, and phytochemicals. The utilization of available leaves rich in essential nutrients is limited in the northern part of Nigeria; this may probably be due to ignorance. The specific objective of this work was to assess the proximate, mineral, and amino acid content of Vitex doniana’s young leaves as dietary vegetable substitutes. The leaves sample was analyzed for proximate, minerals, and amino acids content using established procedures. The result for proximate content revealed the following values 11.83±0.21, 21.16±0.11, 15.73±0.01, 12.83±0.08, and 12.73±0.01 and 41.31±0.05% for moisture, ash, crude protein, crude lipid, crude fibre, and carbohydrate respectively. Calcium had the highest concentration (23.53±0.35) while iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and copper were 18.87±021, 13.89±0.47, 12.71±0.33, 4.74±0.23 and 0.92±0.09 (mg/100g) respectively. The amino acid content of the black plum young leaves was 47.87,18. 21, 10.14, 18.26, 8.29, 1.49, and 1.02 for cysteine, leucine, tyrosine, proline, threonine, lysine, and methionine respectively. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that these leaves contain essential nutrients that could complement well-known vegetables to enhance food security in Nigeria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e408b711e7e7420eaf6191e2fcd852bb2023-12-03T05:01:44ZengDepartment of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001, Nsukka, Nigeria.International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research2971-51212022-12-0112170177https://doi.org/10.57012/ijhhr.v1n2.001Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable SubstituteSuleiman Abdullahi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9604-0263Charity Baliyat Dankat1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3120-7752Abigail Ayuba2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-9691Christiana Auta3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2988-073XIbrahim Danjuma4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2731-1939Directorate of Research and Development, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, 1034, Zaria Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Home Economics, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan-waya, 1024, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Home Economics, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan-waya, 1024, Kaduna State, NigeriaDirectorate of Research and Development, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, 1034, Zaria Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Daura, 1049, Katsina State, NigeriaVegetables have been widely used for their health-promoting properties, as they have been found to be rich in minerals, and phytochemicals. The utilization of available leaves rich in essential nutrients is limited in the northern part of Nigeria; this may probably be due to ignorance. The specific objective of this work was to assess the proximate, mineral, and amino acid content of Vitex doniana’s young leaves as dietary vegetable substitutes. The leaves sample was analyzed for proximate, minerals, and amino acids content using established procedures. The result for proximate content revealed the following values 11.83±0.21, 21.16±0.11, 15.73±0.01, 12.83±0.08, and 12.73±0.01 and 41.31±0.05% for moisture, ash, crude protein, crude lipid, crude fibre, and carbohydrate respectively. Calcium had the highest concentration (23.53±0.35) while iron, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and copper were 18.87±021, 13.89±0.47, 12.71±0.33, 4.74±0.23 and 0.92±0.09 (mg/100g) respectively. The amino acid content of the black plum young leaves was 47.87,18. 21, 10.14, 18.26, 8.29, 1.49, and 1.02 for cysteine, leucine, tyrosine, proline, threonine, lysine, and methionine respectively. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that these leaves contain essential nutrients that could complement well-known vegetables to enhance food security in Nigeria.https://www.ijhhr.org/second-issue-/10-57012-ijhhr-v1n2-001/amino acidsblack-plumleavesmineralsproximate |
| spellingShingle | Suleiman Abdullahi Charity Baliyat Dankat Abigail Ayuba Christiana Auta Ibrahim Danjuma Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research amino acids black-plum leaves minerals proximate |
| title | Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute |
| title_full | Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute |
| title_short | Assessment of Proximate, Minerals and Amino Acids Content of Black Plum (Vitex doniana) Young Leaves as Dietary Vegetable Substitute |
| title_sort | assessment of proximate minerals and amino acids content of black plum vitex doniana young leaves as dietary vegetable substitute |
| topic | amino acids black-plum leaves minerals proximate |
| url | https://www.ijhhr.org/second-issue-/10-57012-ijhhr-v1n2-001/ |
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