Abstract
Natural products, such as plants, remain the most readily available remedy for many human problems. The free oxygen we breathe in comes from plants and many more nutritional and health benefits which are yet to be discovered. This is the reason why the hexane/ethyl acetate fractions of Ficus sur extract were analyzed. The proximate analysis, phytochemical screening and mineral content analysis were carried out using standard methods. The proximate analysis of the stem bark indicated 60.12%, 20.35% and 8.37% respectively for carbohydrate, crude fibre and moisture content. The presence of active phytochemical constituents such as alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolics and eugenols was detected. Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05). This study suggests that the plant samples have useful phytochemicals and minerals which can have useful pharmacological effects and also serve as nutritional supplements.
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Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur stem bark contained 60.12% carbohydrate.
Ficus surOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The proximate analysis of the stem bark indicated 60.12%, 20.35% and 8.37% respectively for carbohydrate, crude fibre and moisture content”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur stem bark contained 20.35% crude fibre.
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e0“The proximate analysis of the stem bark indicated 60.12%, 20.35% and 8.37% respectively for carbohydrate, crude fibre and moisture content”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur stem bark contained 8.37% moisture content.
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e0“The proximate analysis of the stem bark indicated 60.12%, 20.35% and 8.37% respectively for carbohydrate, crude fibre and moisture content”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Alkaloids, glycosides, and flavonoids were detected in Ficus sur stem bark.
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- alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoidse0
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e0“The presence of active phytochemical constituents such as alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolics and eugenols was detected”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Terpenoids, phenolics, and eugenols were detected in Ficus sur stem bark.
- Outcome
- terpenoids, phenolics and eugenolse0
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e0“The presence of active phytochemical constituents such as alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolics and eugenols was detected”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur stem bark had 17.7 ppm potassium as the highest mineral concentration.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”
Claim · model-written summary
Ficus sur stem bark had 12.60 ppm sodium.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”
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Ficus sur stem bark had 5.62 ppm calcium.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”
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Ficus sur stem bark had 1.63 ppm magnesium.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”
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Ficus sur stem bark had 5.30 ppm Iron.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”
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Ficus sur stem bark had 0.05 chrome.
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e0“Among the minerals present in the stem bark was potassium which gave the highest concentration of 17.7 ppm. Others were sodium (12.60 ppm), calcium (5.62 ppm), magnesium (1.63 ppm), Iron (5.30 ppm) and chrome (0.05)”
t0“Ficus sur”