Analysis of minerals content and vitamin c in paederia foetida / Siti Nurulhajar Razihan

• Main Author: Razihan, Siti Nurulhajar
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Extraction (Chemistry); Analytical chemistry; Medicinal plants (Culture only)
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/1/44952.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44952/

A study on the minerals content and vitamin C in Paederia foetida have been done. The samples that have been collected from the local area were analyzed for the minerals and vitamin C in leaves and stem of P. foetida. The leafy plant, P. foetida have the minerals, both micro-nutrient and macro-nutrient like Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Mg, Na, K and Ca. Both stem and leaves have different value of minerals. Leaves have higher value in Mn, Na, K, Ca and Mg. While stem have higher Cu, Fe and Zn compared to leaves. Vitamin C in P. foetida were analyzed in two different preparation, dried and fresh for both leaves and stem. The vitamin C value in fresh stem (298.69ppm) is higher compared to fresh leaves (50.06ppm) and dried leaves (42.41ppm), however the vitamin C in dried stem were not detected.