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Assessment of physico-chemical composition of Castor beanan indigenous medicinal shrub of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

. Shah Masaud Khan, Shujaat Ali, Sher Aslam, Ijaz Hussain, Sardar Ali, Syed Ehtasham Amin, Junaid Abid, Shahzad Haider, Nosheen khalid, Malik Faizan Shaukat, Mamoona Zia, AyazUl Haq and NaveedUlHaq.


Abstract

The samples (leaves) were collected from Ricinuscommunisfound at their natural habitat of Khanpur Valley in the sub Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan and chemical analysis was carried out at the University of Agriculture Peshawar. Significant effects were observed at different seasons and sites upon various bio-chemical substances. Ricinuscommunisrevealed higher significant values for crude proteins (15.26%) at Mang during summer, crude fibers (13.85%) at Dabola during winter, crude fats (10.24%) at Jabri during summer, essential oil (3.48%) at Mang during winter, NFEE (195.29%) at Jabri during summer, sodium (4.91mg/100g) at Dam during summer, iron (300.37mg/100g) at Jabri during summer, manganese (13.43mg/100g) at Dabola during summer and zinc (8.07mg/100g) at Mang during summer. Ricinuscommunisshowed maximum bio-chemicals in the samples collected during last week of July. 

Key words:Ricinuscommunis; Himalayan Mountains; Khanpur Valley; bio-chemical; natural habitat

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