FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Senna occidentalis, fat-soluble vitamins, organic nutrients, Caesalpiniaceae, lipids
The seeds of Senna occidentalis were collected from a farmland in Jama’a village, Zango-Shanu along Samaru road, Zaria, Kaduna State. The samples were prepared and analyzed using UV-visible and AAS, respectively for contents of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and minerals (Na, P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Zn and Cu) compositions. The study showed that the vitamins A, D, E, and K contents were 2.432 mg/L, 0.487 mg/L, 17.459 mg/L, and 0.067 mg/L, respectively. Sodium (Na), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) compositions of the seeds were 0.013 mg/L, 0.782 mg/L, 9.700 mg/L, 116.084 mg/L, 231.133 mg/L, 19.600 mg/L, 7.5947 mg/L and 457.965 mg/L
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