BIOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF THREE MEDICINAL TAXA OF GENUS SESBANIA IN MAHARASHTRA

Abstract

The genus Sesbania belongs to the family Leguminosae and its subfamily is Papilionoideae.There are four subgenera of which Sesbania and Agati are of agriculture value.  The seasonal variation  of  proteins  and  amino  acids  have  been  investigated  in  leaf , bark  and  wood  of  Sesbania rostrata , Sesbania exaltata and Sesbania sesban are the medicinal  plants in Maharashtra. Comparative  account  of  protein  content  of  leaves  of  three  tree  species  revealed  that  Sesbania exaltata were  rich  in  protein(  range from 3.34 to 3.81 mg / g dry wt .) than  Sesbania rostrata (  range from 3.60 to 3.72 mg / g dry wt .) and Sesbania sesban (  range from  2.31 to 2.55 mg / g dry wt .) . Amino  acids  content  of  leaves  of  three  tree  species  revealed  that  Sesbania exaltata were  rich  in  amino acid (  range from  2.47 to 2.67 mg / g dry wt .)  than  Sesbania rostrata (  range from  2.29 to 2.46 mg / g dry wt .) and Sesbania sesban (  range from  1.74 to 1.89 mg / g dry wt .).

Key words: Protein , amino  acid , endangered  medicinal  taxa