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Chemical constituents of Euphorbia hirta an indigenous medicinal herb of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

. Shah Masaud Khan, Noshin Shafqat, Ijaz Hussain, Alia Gul, Sardar Ali, Sher Aslam Khan, Khalid Naveed3, Sami Ullah Khan3, Naushad Ali2, Waseem Ahmad1, Muhammad Sajid, Shujaat Ali, Abbas Ali, Naveed ul Haq, Fazle Haq and Irshad Ahmad Khan


Abstract

The samples (leaves) were collected from Euphorbia hirta found at their natural habitat of Khanpur Valley in the sub-Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan. Chemical analysis was carried out at the University of Agriculture Peshawar. Significant effects were observed at different seasons and sites upon various biochemical substances. Euphorbia hirta gave higher significant contents for ash (17.95%) at Jabri during summer, crude proteins (15.42%) at Jabri during summer, crude fibers (12.78%) at Mang during winter, crude fats (10.64%) at Jabri during summer, essential oil (1.94%) at Dabola during summer, NFES (59.49%) at Dam during winter, NFEE (198.69%) at Jabri during summer, calcium (199.17mg/100g) at Dam during summer, phosphorus (185.37mg/100g) at Jabri during winter. Euphorbia hirta gave higher values for biochemical during the last week of October.  

Key words: Euphorbia hirta , Himalayan Mountains, Khanpur Valley, biochemical, Jabri

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