Estimation of Amino Acid Composition, Total Carbohydrate, and Total Protein Content in Ballota pseudodictamnus Plant Extracts from Al Jabal Al Akhdar Region, Libya
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https://doi.org/10.69667/lmj.2517223Keywords:
Amino Acids, Carbohydrate, Protein, Ballota Pseudodictamnus, ExtractsAbstract
This comparative study was carried out on plant extracts which collected from different regions (Susa and Aldahar Alhmr, Derna) around Aljabal Alkhder area. The contents of amino acids, total protein, and total carbohydrate. The samples were collected during two different seasons (Winter and summer, 2023). The GC –Mass instrument was used to estimate the contents and types of amino acids, while the spectrophotometric method was used to evaluate the total contents of carbohydrates and proteins in the leaves and stems of the studied samples. The results of this study recorded the presence of different amino acids in the studied samples, including: Their names are Leucine, Serine, Glutamine, Phenylalanine, Methionine, Arginine, Valine, Histidine, Isoleucine, and Asparagine. Their contents were small and varied between the leaves and stems. generally, the average values were as follows (0.223, 0.222, 0.811, 0.183, 0.186, 0.224, 0.880, and 0.648 ppm, respectively. On the other side, the contents of carbohydrate fluctuated in the ranges of (20.94 – 20.99 ppm) and (20.53 -20.84 ppm) in leaves and stems, respectively. Also, the results showed that the contents of total protein ranged between (6.21-6.6.80 ppm) and (6.61-7.62 ppm) for the leaves and stems, respectively. The study concluded that there are small variations in the chemical constituents determined in this study between the two selected regions.
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