000079739 001__ 79739 000079739 005__ 20230926093528.0 000079739 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i430120 000079739 0248_ $$2sideral$$a112605 000079739 037__ $$aART-2019-112605 000079739 041__ $$aeng 000079739 100__ $$aChakradhari, Suryakant 000079739 245__ $$aNutritional and spectral characteristics of Terminalia plants 000079739 260__ $$c2019 000079739 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000079739 5203_ $$aAims: Terminalia spp. is medicinal plants that belong to Combretaceae family, widely used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine. In this work, the nutritional constituents of the leaves, seed kernel and seed coat from four Terminalia species (T. arjuna, T. bellirica, T. catappa and T. chebula) are reported. Methodology: Polyphenol and flavonoid contents were analyzed spectrophotometrically by using Folin-Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride as reagents, respectively; mineral contents were quantified by using X-ray fluorescence; and the functional groups of the phytochemicals were investigated by infrared spectroscopy. Results: The total concentration of 20 macro- and micronutrients and heavy metals (viz. P, S, Cl, K, Rb, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Mo, As and Pb), and the total polyphenol and flavonoid contents in the seed kernels ranged from 1754 to 65521 mg/kg, from 2150 to 51100 mg/kg and from 63 to 42300 mg/kg, respectively. Polyphenol and mineral contents for the Terminalia spp. seed coats and leaves were also determined. The enrichment in each of aforementioned elements with respect to the soil content was calculated. The vibrational spectra of the leaves and seed coats agreed with a composition rich in lignin, hemicellulose, cutin, pectin and flavonoids, while those of the seed kernels were in accordance with the presence of unsaturated oils, protein, and fiber. Conclusion: Various parts of the four Terminalia species under study (T. arjuna, T. bellirica, T. catappa and T. chebula) featured high contents of nutrients and polyphenols needed for biological metabolism and human health. In addition, heavy metals were only present at traces level, indicating that these Terminalia plants would be safe for medicinal uses. 000079739 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000079739 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000079739 700__ $$aRajhans, Keshaw P. 000079739 700__ $$aPatel, Khageshwar S. 000079739 700__ $$aTowett, Erick K. 000079739 700__ $$aMartín Gil, Jesús 000079739 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2713-2786$$aMartín Ramos, Pablo$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000079739 7102_ $$15011$$2500$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural$$cArea Ingeniería Agroforestal 000079739 773__ $$g27, 4 (2019), 1-13$$pEuropean j. med. plants$$tEuropean journal of medicinal plants$$x2231-0894 000079739 8564_ $$s615214$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79739/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000079739 8564_ $$s74913$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79739/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000079739 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:79739$$particulos$$pdriver 000079739 951__ $$a2023-09-26-09:29:41 000079739 980__ $$aARTICLE