Phytochemical Composition of Talinum triangulare (Water Leaf) Leaves

Research Article

**Phytochemical Composition of Talinum triangulare (Water Leaf) Leaves**

P.M. Aja, A.N.C. Okaka, P.N. Onu, U. Ibiam and A.J. Urako

The qualitative and quantitative analyses of Talinum triangulare (water leaf) leaf which is commonly used as vegetable in Nigeria were carried out on both dry and wet samples. The result of dry and wet samples revealed the presence of bioactive compounds namely flavonoids (69.80±4.42 mg/100 g and 58.33 ± 9.00 mg/100 g), alkaloids (55.56±5.00 mg/100 g and 13.89±5.00 mg/100 g), saponins (1.48±0.20 mg/100 g and 1.37±0.60 mg/100 g) and tannins (1.44±0.73 mg/100 g and 1.09±0.26 mg/100 g) respectively. The results indicate that the leaves contain an appreciable amount of bioactive compounds. Medically the presence of these phytochemicals explains the use of this vegetable in ethnomedicine for the management of various ailments.

PDF References Citation

How to cite this article

P.M. Aja, A.N.C. Okaka, P.N. Onu, U. Ibiam and A.J. Urako, 2010. Phytochemical Composition of Talinum triangulare (Water Leaf) Leaves. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 9: 527-530.

DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.527.530

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2010.527.530

Comments

Adeabyo oluwatobi Reply

03 January, 2013

i need complete analysis of water leaf talinum trigulae

jenny Reply

06 February, 2015

plx i need 2 knw the english and botanic name of oha leaf and its phytochemical analysis

Daniel Felix Evans Reply

30 August, 2017

history of phytochemical analysis of talinum triang ulare leaves

Saleh Christopher Aji Reply

08 April, 2019

I need it sir/Boss

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Article Trend

Total views 409

Authors

P.M. Aja

A.N.C. Okaka

P.N. Onu

U. Ibiam

A.J. Urako

Keywords