INVESTIGATION OF THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES (MART.) SOLMS AND PISTIA STRATIOTES L. GROWING IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, El-Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt

2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

A qualitative and quantitative study of the protein content of roots, stems and leaves of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (Family: Potederiaceae) and Pistia sratiotes L., (Family: Aracaceae), were carried out. This study revealed that these plants contain a large percent of nutritive proteins which include high percentage of essential amino acids covering the requirements of birds (Turkey) and animals.