Abstract

PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ESTIMATION OF NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF WHEATGRASS POWDER AND WHEATGRASS JUICE

Urmila K. Dholi*

Abstract

Wheatgrass is rich in many minerals, vitamins, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, chlorophyll, enzymes that are useful for our body. Now-a-days, many formulations of wheatgrass are available in market, but no proper study is available to compare the effectiveness between wheatgrass powder and wheatgrass juice. Present work of estimate the phytochemical screening and nutritional content present in both wheatgrass powder and fresh wheatgrass juice, based on chemical investigation and spectroscopy which is simple, inexpensive and less time-consuming method. This method is properly validated using standard chemicals. In our project, the contents of Chlorophyll and Vitamin C in wheatgrass powder and fresh wheatgrass juice, were determined. Along with estimation of phytochemical screening of active constituents which are extracted in aqueous, chloroform and n-hexane solvents.

Keywords: Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) powder and fresh wheatgrass juice, Vitamin C, Chlorophyll, Aqueous, Chloroform, n-hexane.