期刊名称：Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
印刷版ISSN：1994-7887
电子版ISSN：2077-2181
出版年度：2015
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：91-101
DOI：10.3923/jest.2015.91.101
出版社：Asian Network for Scientific Information
摘要：The present study was conducted to evaluate the anti- nutritional composition of the wild plants of Soon Valley, Khushab, Pakistan. Anti-nutritional components posed a high risk to health for the ruminants. So it is very important to estimate the range of anti-nutritional compounds present in the wild plants which are used as forage by the ruminants of this area. Anti-nutritional compounds, such as terpenes, tannins, saponins, phytate, alkaloid, cyanide and oxalate were analyzed. Highest terpene contents (200.33%) were showed by Digitaria sanguinalis , Erigeron divergens showed maximum alkaloid contents (0.93%) while highest cyanide value was observed in Achnatherum hymenoides (0.57%). Excluding cyanide, all anti-nutritional components showed significant variation in all plant species. The values of anti-nutrients observed in the present study are below than the toxic levels. Bulk consumption of monotypic edible parts of plant during one meal may lead to nutritional and health problems. However, traditional methods help to lower down the anti-nutritionals and their respective risks. Similarly, wild edible plants can also be used to improve the living security and thus reduce the starvation due to the millennium development goals.
