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Proximate and Phyto Chemical Screening of CISSUS POPULNEA
ONOJAH, P.K., 2SALAWU, O.W., AND 3UMAR .S. CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, KOGI STATE UNIVERSTIY, P.M.B. 1008, ANYIGBA , KOGI STATE. NIGERIA. Abstract The work reports the chemical evaluation, nutritional and flavoring properties of Cissus Populnea. This spices contain crude protein (37% - 21%), crude fibre (23 — 22%), crude fat (3.10 — 20%), carbohydrate (16 — 24%) total ash content (2.0 — 3. 10%), Moisture (1.68 — 1.82%). The spices are sources of minerals comprising of calcium, Iron Zinc, Copper, Magnesium, Sodium and Potassium. phytochemical screening revealed the presence of saponins, flavonoids as well as hydrogen upanmides. These bloactive substances may be responsible for the biological properties of the plants. Key words: chemical composition, phytochemical screening. Introduction Nigeria is endowed with numerous varieties of useful plants whose fruits, seeds, stems, roots and leaves serve various important roles in medicine and in nutrition. Amongst the numerous varieties of plants are Cissus Populnea (Okoho), Cissus Sicyoides, cissus rheifolia, cissus pallida, cissus quadrangularis. Cissus Populnea belongs to the family of Vitaceae which are woody climber1, some times vines, rarely small succulent trees, Hermaphrodite or polygamonecious to polygamo-droecions2. It grows in diverse ecozones of Nigeria, ugada, Niger Republic, Cameroon and coted’ivoire3 The plant is a climbing stem widely distributed in many parts of Nigeria, especially within the guinea Savannah region of Anabara, Kogi and Benue Stat&4 The gala and Idoma ethnic group refers to this plant as okoho, ogbolo ajara (yoruba), dafaaraa (Hausa). It is used extensively in medicinal preparation in West Africa. Cissus Populnea and Sesamum radiatum are the two tropical medicinal plants used to correct male infertility factor in South-western part of Nigeria. Expert evaluations of these herbs found that they have antimicrobial activities which cure many

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