2025/07/02 by Layade, K. T., Alaye, S. A., Adetola, O. O. +4
#Cissus populnea #composition #human body #medicinal
paper · doi:10.82552/njhs.v29i2.58-62
Cissus populnea stem has been discovered to contain many essential nutrients which are useful for the growth and development of the body. The study evaluates the nutritional composition of Cissus populnea stem. The results of proximate analysis showed that Cissus populnea stem contains 6.51% moisture content, 3.31% crude fibre, 32.48% crude protein, 1.47% crude fat, ash content was 5.37% and Carbohydrate was 50.95%. The result also revealed vitamins content of Cissus Populnea stem. The result revealed that vitamin A was 0.576 mg/100g, vitamin B1 (0.125 mg/100g), vitamin B2 (0.047 mg/100g), vitamin B3 (0.022 mg/100g), vitamin C (8.93 mg/100g), vitamin D (0.065 mg/100g) and vitamin E (0.113 µg/100g). The result showed that vitamin C has the highest value of 8.93mg/100g and vitamin E has the lowest value of 0.113 µg/100mg. The high content of crude protein makes it a very good source of plant protein for both human and animal consumption. Cissus Populnea stem is also discovered to be a good source of carbohydrate; the high ash content is an indication of presence of minerals which are needed by human and animals. Cissus Populnea stem should be adequately included in human diet to mitigate the problem of protein deficiency in Nigeria, and also, in formulation of animal feeds.