PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTY OF WILD EDIBLE PLANT CHENOPODIUM ALBUM

Abstract

In this study investigation of qualitative and quantitative characters and Antioxidant activity of wild edible plant species. Analysis of qualitative character was performed for edible parts of the wild edible species Chenopodium album. The plant was collected from the area in Amravati district and edible part analysed for dry matter, the qualitative nutritional and nutraceutical were performed as well as antioxidant activity performed by DPPH method. The percentage of free radical inhibition was 70.16% at 50µg/ml concentration of sample. Quantitative estimation represent the amount of nutrition present in plant. The purpose of present study is to explore qualitative research and provide information about nutritional content in selected wild edible plant.