Phytochemical Screening, Proximate Composition and Mineral Element Analysis of Neocarya macrophylla (Gingerbread) Plum and its Effects on Microorganisms

The need to increase the production and utilization of locally available food antimicrobial resources has been discussed at different national international forum. Fresh Neocarya macrophylla fruits were obtained from Birnin Kebbi central market in state it was transported Biochemistry Department Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria. Where fruit N. transformed or crushed through stigmasterol extraction with 70% methanol. compound, stigmasterol, indicated varying actions activity against microbes tested. Susceptibility test result showed inhibition ranging 23 mm 30 all organisms, which are S. aureus (24 mm), Salmonella Typhimurium (23 P. aeruginosa (26 E. coli (28 Streptococcus pyogenes (25 B. subitilis A. niger (29 C. albicans kruseii mm). Creating zone inhibition. ash content 6.70±0.05., moisture 14.23%±0.10., lipids 6.70% ±0.05., fibre 10.15%± 0.57., crude protein 1.015%±0.127., carbohydrate 51.33%±1.025. pulp also contains low concentrations magnesium (2.843±0.025) very iron (0.0856±0.002), manganese (0.0122±0.048), copper (0.0087±0.002), zinc (0.0024±0.001), important micro elements required by body for proper functioning. indicate that pharmaceutical medical significances useful Combating antibiotics resistance infections, nutritional rich terms minerals composition.