Phytochemical and Mineral Analysis of Gardenia Aqualla Seed Shell

This research was carried out on Phytochemical and Mineral composition of Gardenia aqualla seed shell collected in Uba, Hong Local Government Area Adamawa State. The Phytochemical analysis was carried out using standard procedure while analysis of some minerals was done using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). Phytochemical analysis shows that Flavonoid has the highest quantity in the sample with (2.47±0.01mg/100g), followed by Tannin, Alkaloids, Phenol and saponins with (2.27±0.05mg/100g, 2.07±0.05mg/100g, 1.98±0.01mg/100g and 0.98±0.01mg/100g) respectively. Results of mineral analysis of some mineral reveals that potassium (K) has the highest mineral composition with (715.22±0.01mg/100g) followed by Calcium ,phosphorus, Magnesium and Sodium with (188.61±0.01mg/100g,133.56±0.01mg/100g, 69.07±0.01mg/100g and 42.15±0.01mg/100g) respectively. These indicate that the plant has some important bioactive components and was to contained appreciable amount of nutrients which could be included in diets to supplement human and animal daily nutrient needs.