Abstract

PHYTONUTRIENTS IN AEGLE MARMELOS (L.) LEAVES

*Umadevi Kumba Janarthanan , Vanitha Varadharajan, Vijayalakshmi Krishnamurthy

Department of Biochemistry, Bharathi women’s college, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

ABSTRACT

The Aegle marmelos, commonly called as Bael is one of the most useful medicinal plants of India. All parts of this tree-stem, bark, root, leaves and fruit at all stages of maturity have medicinal virtues and have been used as medicine for a long time. This is the first article to study the amount of minerals, vitamins and fattyacids present in the Aegle marmelos leaves. Presence of phytonutrients in the Aegle marmelos leaves would eventually recommend and support the dietary intake of these leaves.

Keywords: Aegle marmelos, Phytonutrients, Minerals, Vitamins, Fatty acids.