FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Underutilized, nutritional value, micronutrient, vegetable, Glossocalyx brevipes
This study examined the nutritional value of processed Glossocalyx brevipes (Benth) leaf and bark. They are as follows: shade dried bark, sun dried bark, shade dried leaf, and the locally processed bark. After drying, the samples were pulverized and labeled as shade dried, and sun dried. The samples were analyzed using standard assay methods. The result showed that shade dried leaf was higher in crude fibre (11.59%), protein (20.39%), moisture content (8.21%), and ash (7.84%) compared to shade dried bark which had 9.74%, 17.15%, 6.91%, and 6.59% of crude fibre, protein, moisture content, and ash respectively. The high content of pro-vitamin A in all samples was probably due to the processing method. All samples had comparable value for vitamins of interest. Shade dried bark had the highest value for calcium (2.09 mg), magnesium(0.68 mg), potassium (0.91mg), sodium (0.02 mg), manganese (0.69 mg), and iron (7.23 mg). However, both the leaf and bark of Glossocalyx brevipes (Benth) exhibited fairly good levels of proximate and micronutrients content and therefore good for consumption.
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