Chemical Analysis, Nutraceuticals, and Infra-Red Characterization of Cassia alata Leaves

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Abstract This Cassia alata leaf is an important medicinal leaf used in folk medicine in the treatment of various skin infections such as ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin. The study was carried out to assess the proximate compositions (%) ash contains (8.998), moisture (2.615), crude fat ( 10.557), crude fiber (14.443), protein (12.023), and carbohydrate contents (51.364), mineral elements (mg/kg): magnesium (115.000), potassium (86.900), calcium (72.800), sodium (25.000), iron (9.000), zinc (3.900) and copper (0.860), vitamins (mg/kg): vitamin C (1.904), vitamin B1, (0.527) and vitamin B2, (0.312), phytochemical: Total phenol (20.804), saponins (1.357), alkaloids (14.542), glycosides (9.174) and tannins (2.018) using various analytical standard techniques. The study appraised the impact of the functional groups of the sample using Perkin infra-red spectroscopy to distinct fingerprint regions such as ( 3408.00cm- 1) phenol, (2925.83 and 2365.00 cm- 1) phosphine, (1648.35 cm- 1) carbonyl, alkene, and aromatic ring, (1407.30 cm- 1) phosphate compound, (1252.47 cm- 1) arylethers and (1063.00 cm- 1) thiocarbonyl. The study revealed the leaves to be a potential source of nutrition, minerals, and confirmations of secondary metabolites likewise the presence of functional groups which is a source of information about the leaves in the formulation of pharmaceutical drugs.

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