Vitamin and Metal Analyses of Ethanol Extract of  Eugenia uniflora  Pulp

N. N. Onwudiwe; O. U. Njoku; P. E. Joshua

Vol 3, No 4 (2010)
Pages: 1095-1098
Published: 2010-12-01

Vitamin and Metal Analyses of Ethanol Extract of Eugenia uniflora Pulp

N. N. Onwudiwe , O. U. Njoku , P. E. Joshua

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

Some antioxidant vitamins and metals were analysed using ethanol extract sample of Eugenia uniflora pulp. In the vitamin and metal analysis, E. uniflora fruit pulp had higher level of vitamin C compared with β-carotene and vitamin E. The results of the metal analysis also showed higher level of calcium compared with iron, magnesium, zinc and chromium.