Determining the Contents of Antioxidants, Total Phenols, Carbohydrate, Total Protein, and Some Elements in Eucalyptus Gomphocephala and Ricinus Communis Plant Samples
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Chemical Analysis, Eucalyptus gomphocephala, Ricinus Communis.Abstract
A comparative chemical study was carried out on two plants (Eucalyptus gomphocephala and Ricinus communis) growing at coastal (Derna city) and Mountain (Al-Bayda city) regions. Leaves and stems of each plant were selected in this study. Some of the chemical constituents (Antioxidant, total phenols, total protein, carbohydrate, minerals, and metals) were estimated. The chemical properties results showed wide variations of the anti –oxidant contents, where high values of (390.90 ppm) were recorded in Eucalyptus gomphocephala growing at Al- Bayda region, On the other side high contents of anti- oxidant of (447.5 ppm) was recorded in leafs of Ricinus communis plant growing in Deran region. Small variations of carbohydrate contents were observed; their contents fluctuated in the range of (0.001 – 0.870 ppm), and the contents of protein ranged between (0.74 – 4.40 ppm). For the mineral contents, the recorded high values of potassium (126 – 447.70 ppm), high values were recorded in leafs comparing with steams of the studied plants, relative high contents of sodium were recorded in coastal regions (44.93 ppm) compared with the Mountain ones (13.85) higher values were recorded in Ricinus communis comparing with Eucalyptus gomphocephala plant. No wide variations were recorded for (iron), (copper), and (Nickel).
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