ASSESSMENT OF MICRO-NUTRIENT POTENTIALITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIO ACTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE AVICENNEAALBA FRUIT (MANGROVE) IN SUNDERBAN, INDIA

Authors

  • RIA HALDER department of Home science, Calcutta University. Kolkata-27
  • PRANABES SANYAL department of Home science, Calcutta University. Kolkata-27
  • SUNITI GHOSH CHATTERJI department of Home science, Calcutta University. Kolkata-27

Keywords:

Mangrove fruits, Indian Sundarban, phytochemical, bioactive components.

Abstract

The Sundarban is a natural region in the Bengal region comprising Eastern India and Bangladesh. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. Only a limited number of plant sp. thrive in mangrove eco-system. In Indian Sundarban the mangal vegetation comprises of 94 intertidal sp. but less than 10 sp. are utilized by the locals as food & fodder materials. Avicenna alba, is one of them .Local people of Sundarban use this fruit as vegetable. The present study was aimed to identify the various micro-nutrients and phytochemical constituents by ICP-OES analysis and GC-MS analysis. The results for the first time revealed the presence of several bioactive components in the fruit of Avicenna alba.

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30.06.2016

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RIA HALDER, PRANABES SANYAL, & SUNITI GHOSH CHATTERJI. (2016). ASSESSMENT OF MICRO-NUTRIENT POTENTIALITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIO ACTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE AVICENNEAALBA FRUIT (MANGROVE) IN SUNDERBAN, INDIA. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 7(2), 610–616. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/5110

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Volume 7, Issue 2, 2016

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