NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIALS OF MEGAPHRYNIUM MACROSTACHYUM (SEED AND LEAF)
Abstract
Megaphrynium macrostachyum is an ethnomedicinal herb utilized in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine. This research examines the nutritional profile, as well as the antioxidant and antidiabetic properties, of M. macrostachyum seeds and leaves. Samples of seeds and leaves of M. macrostachyum were obtained from the botanical garden at Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria, and extraction was performed utilizing ethyl acetate as the solvent.
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