Abstract

NUTRITIONAL PROFILING AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ANALYSIS OF CROTALARIA HEBECARPA (D.C) RUDD.

Avula Srinivasa Rao, Shaik Babu Saheb and Kokkanti Mallikarjuna*

Abstract

Crotalaria hebecarpa (DC) Rudd is a prostrate annual herb with slender, hairy branches, belonging to the family Fabaceae. Though the identity and distribution of this plant is known, but its phytochemical and nutritional components and their biological activities are not known. In this work, we report nutritional and antioxidant enzyme analysis of C. hebecarpa. Nutritional profiling revealed that the plant contains Fe, Ca, N2, Mg, Zn, MO, Cu, Ni, B and Vitamin D in high quantities. Antioxidant enzyme analysis revealed that it showed high Peroxidase, Glycine betaine, SOD and Gluthathione reductase activities. Our results indicate that C. hebecarpa is potential unexplored plant.

Keywords: Crotalaria hebecarpa, Nutritional profile, Antioxidant enzymes.