Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Potential of Ethnobotanically Used Bullock’s Heart Plant

Author(s): Sarvesh Patel, V. N. Pandey* and Ishwar Das

Abstract: Annona reticulata L. (Annonaceae) is a small deciduous highly important plant with medicinal value. The fruit is edible, complete in food composition basically protein, vitamin, carbohydrate, seed with oil and with abundant secondary metabolites and principal source of therapeutically active compounds. Fruits showed enough amount of nutrient like total carbohydrate (24.8 gm/100 gm), total phosphorus (18 mg/100 gm) and vitamin C (17.5 mg/100 gm) etc. Mineral analysis of fruit sample showed abundant amount of mineral elements like K, Ca, Mg, Na, and Fe which showed that fruit is good source of minerals and can be used as nutritional purposes. The quantitative determination of phytochemicals showed that the saponins (4.52±0.03%), tannins (3.9±0.5%), terpenoids (2.91±0.4%), phenolics (15.45±0.32 mg/gm), flavonoids (7.45±0.21 mg/gm) and flavanols (1.4±0.4 mg/gm). These values showed that fruits have good source of antioxidant.

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