[01] Akinsola R. O. Abubakar El-Ishaq, School of Science and Technology, Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu. [02] Zainab Adamu Nangere, School of Science and Technology, Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu.

Ziziphus mauritania Lam is a tree and its belongs to the family Rhammaceace. It is used as a medicinal plant especially its leaf and fruit. In this work the leaf of Z. mauritania was screened, investigated qualitatively for its phytochemical constituents, using the methods of Sofowora (1993). Oven dried pulverized leaf of the plant were sequentially extracted with ethanol, chloroform, and distilled water. The solvent shows ability to extract some components of the plant part especially ethanolic extract with high efficiency. Qualitative Phytochemical screening of the extracts shows the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, resins and carbohydrates. Proximate nutritional analysis revealed the presence of; Moisture content 6.0±0.01%, Ash content 8.0±0.00%, Fat content 10.7±0.001%, Crude protein 28.18±0.00% and Carbohydrate 44.05±0.00%. The extracts therefore can be said to have phytochemical constituents as confirmed from analysis and this could be used as the justification for its ethnomedicinal importance in the communities where its uses for various ailments is popular.

Phytochemicals, Medicinal Plant, Ethnomedicinal, Proximate, Food

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