Analysis of minerals content and vitamin c in paederia foetida / Siti Nurulhajar Razihan

A study on the minerals content and vitamin C in Paederia foetida have been done. The
samples that have been collected from the local area were analyzed for the minerals and
vitamin C in leaves and stem of P. foetida. The leafy plant, P. foetida have the minerals,
both micro-nutrient and macro-nutrient like Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Mg, Na, K and Ca. Both
stem and leaves have different value of minerals. Leaves have higher value in Mn, Na,
K, Ca and Mg. While stem have higher Cu, Fe and Zn compared to leaves. Vitamin C
in P. foetida were analyzed in two different preparation, dried and fresh for both leaves
and stem. The vitamin C value in fresh stem (298.69ppm) is higher compared to fresh
leaves (50.06ppm) and dried leaves (42.41ppm), however the vitamin C in dried stem
were not detected.