Phytochemical, Nutritional and Trace Element of Some Solanum (Garden Egg)

Vegetables and fruits form some of the most important components daily nutrition owing to their high mineral vitamin contents which are essential for a balanced diet. This research work was carried out on phytochemicals, proximate trace element content three varieties garden egg Solanum melongena (S. melongena), aethiopicum aethiopicum) macrocarpon macrocarpon). The plants were extracted phytochemical, using standard procedures. result showed that carbohydrates, flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids, anthraquinones, phenols, tannins proteins present in eggplant. Saponin only observed S. but not other two varieties, while alkaloids be macrocarpon. Cardiac glycosides, anthocyanin phlobatanins completely absent varieties. composition contained percentage moisture (52.23%), ash (23.10%), fibre (3.16%), fat (6.02%), protein (2.38%), carbohydrate (12.05%) (59.05%), (17.49%), (1.69%), (8.05%), (2.49%), (11.84%) (57.68%), (22.71%), (2.05%), (5.04%), (2.56%) (10.40%). magnesium (279.57), calcium (106.80), zinc (4.77), copper (0.88), iron (57.45), manganese (5.53) parts per million (ppm) Mg (258.16), Ca (76.29), Zn (5.55), Cu (1.18), Fe (49.49), Mn (5.43) (280.5), (84.95), (3.98), (0.29), (41.49) (3.44) (ppm). findings eggplant will serve as good nutritional diet supply more elements (Fe, Ca, Mn) total ash, carbohydrates. has terpenoids steroids hence, medicinal component.