The Nutritional Characteristics of the Boerhaavia Diffusa L. Plant (Flowers)

Abstract

Using water, chloroform, and methonolic extract, this study intends to investigate the organoleptic character, preliminary phytochemicals, and physico-chemical analysis of flowers of the Boerhavia diffusa L. (family Nyctaginaceae). The color, flavor, scent, and physical state of the Boerhaavia diffusa plant's blossoms were investigated using an organoliptic analysis. For the purpose to determine the phytoconstituents (alkaloid, steroid, amino acid, protein, saponin, and glycoside), the extract performed a preliminary phytochemical evaluation. Total ash, acid insoluble ash, water soluble extractive value, alcohol soluble extractive value, and chloroform extractive value obtained through physico-chemical analysis, in conjunction with the pH values of the 1% and 10% aqueous solutions.

The initially performed phytochemical analysis neglects to incorporate the saponin and amino acid studies for the methanolic and chloroform extract of the Boerhhavia diffusa L. plant's flowers. Alkaloid steroid glycoside and protein have been identified in the following extracts: methanol, chloroform, and water. 50% acid-insoluble ash and 4% total ash are the physicochemical parameter pH values of the 1% and 10% solutions of water, accordingly, at 5.8 and 5.6. At 18.4%, the water-soluble extractive value of chloroform is high. Numerous phytochemicals and physical compounds are present in substantial amounts in the blooms of the Boerhaavia diffusa L. plant, according to applied plant extracts.