Interaction Effect of Season, Habitat and Leaf Age on Proximate Composition of Senna occidentalis and Senna obtusifolia Leaves Grown in Fadama and Upland Locations in Sokoto, Nigeria
U. Tambari, B. L. Aliero, S. Muhammad and L.G. Hassan.
Abstract
This study was aimed to assess the effect of season, habitat and leaf age on proximate composition of leaves of Senna occidentalis L. and S. obtusifolia L. Leaves samples were collected from stands of Fadama Research Farm and Upland (Biological garden) at Permanent Site, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto and analyzed for nutrient contents using oven drying, muffle furnace ashing, soxhlet extraction, distillation and ashing, micro Kjeldahl method, and difference (NFE) methods. Data was subjected to ANOVA and LSD at 0.05% for means separation. The results for interaction effect were all statistically significant (P
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