American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics www.ajpct.org Original Article Nutritional and Phytochemical Potential of Spilanthes uliginosa (Sw) Leaves

Background: The use of plants to cure diseases is as old as the mankind and this therapeutic potential of plants lies in some chemical components that are present in plants that produce definite physiological and biochemical actions on the human body. Objectives: To investigate some nutritional and the phytochemical constituents of the leaves of Spilanthes uliginosa (Sw). Methods: The phytochemical and proximate analyses of Spilanthes uliginosa (Sw) leaves were carried out using methods of AOAC. The leaves were assayed for contents of vitamins; A, C, E, B1, B2 and B3 using spectrophotometric methods while the mineral elements status were determined using AAS