COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS ( NEEM AND BUTTERFLY PEA PLANT)

Abstract

The Neem and Butterfly Pea Plants have gained much attention recently due to their medicinal value, therapeutic effect, and nutritive role. A comparative study of Neem and Butterfly Pea Plants through biochemical parameters proves helpful in determining their role in a preferential manner. This was an analytic/experimental study on the proximate analysis of Neem and Butterfly pea plant. The plant sampling was done within the premises of the University of Sindh in the month of December 2022. The proximate analysis was done in the lab of the Institute of Biochemistry University of Sindh. The resulting data was compiled and the average and standard deviation were calculated from the replicate values of Neem and Butterfly pea plant samples. Further data was analyzed using SPSS software version 21, and a t-test was performed to find the level of significance between the two groups. The P value of <0.05 was set as statistically significant. We observed that the Butterfly pea plants were more under the effect of Nitric acid and Ethanol compared to the Neem. Also, the Leaves and Stem obtained from the Butterfly pea plants were more under effect of Nitric acid and Ethanol compared to the Neem. 88% of the stem portion of Butterfly Pea Plant was solubilized by HNO3 and 92% of the leaf portion of Butterfly Pea Plant was solubilized by HNO3. The results from our proximate analysis indicated that the proximate values Butterfly Pea Plants vary greatly compared to the Neem. Our results concluded that the Butterfly pea plants had more ethanol soluble and Nitric acid soluble components compared to the Neem. This study is important in providing additional knowledge about proximate values, the medicinal and biochemical role of Butterfly Pea Plants, and their comparison with the Neem.