Biochemical Assessment of Nutraceutical from Verbena Bipinnatifida P.b. Dandge*, P. J. Kasabe, S.s. Shinde, S.s. Patil and S.d. Kalasgonda Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Ms, India

Medicinal plants have a key role in the play to overcome various diseases. The present need is the supplementary diet which should have medicinal as well as nutritional significance. Plants and animals are the traditional sources of micronutrients for man; so it has becomes necessary to screen out the most prominent sources among the known and unknown understanding. This study therefore sought to establish the nutraceutical assurance of Verbena bipinnatifida (L). The plant is excellent source of some essential amino acids with 4.683 mg/g of proteins, 66.66 mg/g of ascorbic acid, 1.956 mg/g of reducing sugars and prevalence of heavy metals like Cu, Ni, Fe, Mn, Zn, Ca, and Mg. Apart from these nutritional supplements it also contains 0.13 mg NAE/g of alkaloids and 2.321 mg GAE/g of phenolic compounds. The presence of significant amount of phenolic compounds, ascorbic acid and alkaloids is suggested that it may have a potent antioxidant activity. The plant extracts also shown antibacterial activity against E.coli and antifungal Activity against Fusarium oxysporum at preliminary level.