Background: The nutritional and antinutritional contents of Albizia lebbeck seed were investigated. Levels of nutrients like the crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, ash, mineral and antinutrients like phytate, cyanide, oxalate, saponin, and tannins were determined.
Results: The results indicated a high protein level of 27.30 ± 0.001, ether extract of 7.50 ± 0.10, crude fibre of 38.50 ± 0.01, ash content of 4.20 ± 0.10 and NFE (carbohydrate bydifference) content of 19.40 ± 0.00. Minerals like magnesium, 7.47 ± 0.07ppm, Fe, 2.80 ± 0.002 ppm, Cu, 1.83 ± 0.001 ppm and Se, 4.886 ± 1.03 ppm. The antinutrients discovered include phytate,2.91 mol/kg, cyanide, 0.338 mg/kg, oxalate, 0.0012mg/100g and saponin, 90.00mg/100g. However, the presence of tannins was not detected.
Conclusion: It is considered that Albizia lebbeck could be a very good source of protein and minerals in animal feeds, if well processed, to reduce or eliminate the antinutritional factors. The high saponin content also shows that it could be a potent aphrodisiac
A field experiment was conducted to study the implication of distillery spentwash on the growth, yield and nutrients of different leafy vegetables. The distillery spentwash ie. Primary treated spentwash (PTSW), 50% and 33% distillery spentwash were analyzed for their physical and chemical parameters. Experimental soil was tested for its chemical and physical parameters. The leafy vegetable seeds (Namadhari and Mayhco) were sowed in the prepared land dimension of 3′ x 4′ blocks. Seeds were irrigated by using raw water (RW), 50% and 33% distillery spentwash. The impact of distillery spentwash on proximate principles (moisture, protein, fat, fibre, carbohydrate, energy, calcium, phosphorous, and iron), vitamin content (carotene and vitamin-c), mineral and trace elements (magnesium, sodium, potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, chromium and nickel), growth and yield were studied. It was found that the growth, yield and nutrients were high in the case of 33% SW than 50% SW than RW irrigations for all varieties of leafy vegetables. This concludes that diluted spentwash can be conveniently used for cultivation of leafy vegetables.
Cultivation of some medicinal plants, namely, Radish (Raphanus sativus), Onion (Allium cepa) and Garlic (Allium sativum) was made by irrigation with distillery spentwash of different proportions. The spentwash i.e., primary treated spentwash (PTSW) and 33% spentwash were analyzed for their plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and other physical and chemical parameters. Experimental soils i.e, normal soil (plot-1) and spentwash treated (plot-2) soils were tested for their chemical and physical parameters. Cultivation was done by irrigated with raw water (RW) and 33% spent wash. Influence of spentwash in normal and spentwash treated soils on proximate principles (moisture, protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrate, energy, calcium, phosphorous, and iron), Vitamin content (carotene and vitamin-C), minerals and trace elements (magnesium, sodium, potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, chromium and nickel) of plants were investigated at their respective maturity. It was found that the nutrients of all medicinal plants were high in 33% spent wash than raw water irrigation. Further, the nutritive values were very high in spentwash treated soil (Plot-2) than normal soil (Plot-1) and raw water irrigations.
