PHYTOCHEMICALS, ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS AND PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF SIMAROUBA GLAUCA SEEDS

Abstract: Medicinal plants are rich treasure for nutrition and are considered as bio-medicine in day-to-day life. Simaroubaglauca is an Indian traditional medicinal plant commonly called as “Paradise Tree or Lakshmi Taru” worldwide due to its potent medicinal stuff. The goal of this study was to determine several phytochemicals, antinutritional factors and proximate analysis in the S. glauca seeds. Ethyl acetate extract of seeds of S. glauca was analyzed for the qualitative and quantitative phytochemicals by various validated methods. To determine the anti- nutritional factor used the different physical processes to identify oxalate, phytate, saponins and tannins following standard methods. In the qualitative method of phytochemicals exhibited positive Steroids and Triterpenoids, Alkaloids, Tannins, Flavonoids, Glycosides and Carbohydrates and in the quantitative method of phytochemicals found total flavonoid content highest at 80μg concentration of extract exhibited 2.152 μg/ml, total proanthocyanidin content highest at 80μg concentration of extract exhibited 2.246 μg/ml and in total phenol content highest at 100μg concentration extract of exhibited 2.450 μg/ml. The seeds of S. glauca were subjected to processing treatments like roasting and Soaking to reduce or inactivate the anti-nutritional factors and the results of roasted seeds exhibit moderate concentrations of oxalates and saponins, lower concentrations of tannins and phytates. Similarly, in soaked seeds also exhibited higher concentrations of tannins and oxalates, moderate concentration of saponins, whereas the lower concentrations in phytates. The seeds of S.glauca are subjected to proximate analysis to determine the crude composition and were found to have 8.6 % moisture, 1.5 % ash, 8.1 % fibers, 40.2 % fats, 25.5 % proteins and 16.1 % carbohydrates.

Keywords: Phytochemcial, Anti-nutrition, Proximate, Simaroubaglauca, Seeds