Abstract: Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. a wild ginger used as herbal medicines all over the world for a wide array of ailments. The present study aimed to determine the biochemical and amino acid compositions in the methanol extract of the rhizome. The percentage of total protein, total carbohydrates and total lipid contents were 16.27 ± 0.13, 20.43 ± 0.28 and 19.99 ± 0.13 respectively. The methonal extract of the rhizome was found to contain 20 different amino acids with varied quantities which are expressed in µg/g dry wt. Among amino acid compositions, Tryptophan (612.30 ± 0.115) was present in higher amount, whereas, serine (0.4467 ± 0.31) was present in lesser amounts. The study concluded that the rhizome of the Zingiber zerumbet was found to be a good source of nutraceutical agent.
Keywords: Zingiber zerumbet, wild ginger, Biochemicals, Amino acid, Nutraceutical.
Title: Estimation of Biochemical and Amino acid Compositions of Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm —Wild Ginger
Author: Gandhi, K, Saravanan, S
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
Research Publish Journals
