摘要：The study revealed a high nutritional quality and possible therapeutic effect of the studied millet varieties which are locally sourced and relatively cheaper source of food for a teeming population like ours. The millet varieties were obtained from the central market in Katsina state, Nigeria. The millet varieties (finger millet, pearl millet and fonio millet) were cleaned by washing in water, de-watered, sun dried, milled into flour and stored in sealed polythene bags. Amino acid profile was determined spectrometically using a gas chromatography (GC), antioxidant property was measured by determination of free radical scavenging ability (DPPH,FRAP and ABTS) and data was analyzed by one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS (16.0) software. The result obtained from studied millet varieties showed the fatty acid profile contain more than 70% unsaturated fatty acid. Amino acid profile showed the presence of essential amino acid of nutritional importance (especially the sulphur containing amino acids). Phytochemical analyses showed the presence of plant chemical such as: tannin, terpenoid, alkaloid, cardiac glycoside, saponin, oxalate, phytate, flavonoids and total phenol. Antioxidant analyses showed they possess ability to serve as reducing agent hence a rich source of antioxidant of health importance.
关键词：finger millet; fonio millet; pearl millet; phytochemical analyses; antioxidant
