PHYTOCHEMICAL, MINERAL, PROXIMATE ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FTIR AND GCMS OF DIFFERENT EXTRACTS (ETHANOL, ETHYL ACETATE AND HEXANE) OF WONDERFUL KOLA SEED (Buchholzia coriacea)

Wonderful kola (Buchholzia coriacea) is geographically distributed in some African countries. The seed of the kola contain phytochemical compounds, while the essential oil contains several chemical compounds that depict the medicinal properties of the plant. Several traditional claims and scientific validations have been made on the efficacy of the seeds of the wonderful kola plant. It is a plant with lot of benefits on human. Phytochemical constituents have been reported in seed of wonderful kola. It is reported that the presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, cardiac glycoside, steroids, legal test, reducing agent, alkaline and phenol in the seed of wonderful kola is important in our lives. The proximate analysis of moisture content and ash content showed that the wonderful kola seed consists of 80% moisture content and 34% ash content. Some Minerals are also present such as copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, zinc, phosphorus, lead and calcium in wonderful kola seed which helps the body in providing proteins and energy. The GC-MS and FTIR results revealed some of the compounds of pharmacological importance.