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Taxonomy:
Kingdom : Plantae
Division :
Magnoliophyta
Class
: Magnoliopsida
Order
: fabales
Family
: Fabaceae
Genus
: Xanthocercis
Chemical Composition:
Dried fruit contains Protein = 4.8g. Fat = .9g. Calcium = 140mg. Fe = 3.0mg.
Vitamin B1 = .04mg. Vitamin B2 = .13mg. Niacin = 3.7mg. Vitamin C
= 30mg. Chemical composition : Protein (crude) =
5.6% (dry). Fat = 2.1% (dry). Ash (insoluble) = 4.4% (dry). Fibre
(crude) (dry) = 4.1%(dry). Carbohydrate (soluble): Starch = 21.8%
(dry). Sugars: Sucrose = 21.8% (dry). D-glucose = 9.6% (dry). D-
fructose = 16.0% (dry). Amino acids (g [16g N]-1): Aspartic acid =
15.1g. Threonine = 2.2g. Serine = 3.9g. Glutamic acid = 17.6g.
Proline = 5.3g. Glycine = 3.1g. Alanine = 3.4g. Valine = 3.1g.
Cysteine = 0.5g. Methionine = 0.4g. Isoleucine = 2.3g. Leucine =
3.9g. Tyrosine = 1.8g. Phenylalanine = 2.2g. Lysine = 2.3g.
Histidine = 0.9g. Arginine = 3.4g. Sulphur 0.04% (dry). Potassium
= 0.13% (dry). Magnesium = 0.12% (dry). Calcium = 0.61% (dry). Na
= 0.01% (dry). K = 1.91% (dry). Zinc = 9mg/kg-1 (dry). Iron =
20mg/kg-1 (dry). Manganese = 13mg/kg-1 (dry). Copper = 5mg/kg-1
(dry).
Part
used :
Fruit pulp, leaves and root
Reference:
Chemical Constitutents :
Anti hyperglycemic activity:
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Antihyperglycemic effects of N-containing
sugars from Xanthocercis zambesiaca, Morus bombycis, Aglaonema
treubii, and Castanospermum australe in streptozoto --cin diabetic
mice.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9544568
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