Estimate the Antioxidant Capacity, Total Phenol Contents, Mineral Concentrations, and Total Carbohydrate of Capparis Spinosa L. (Kabbar), Ceratonia Siliqua L. (Kharuwb), and Juniperus Phoenicea L (Arar) Plants

Abstract

In this research, some of the phytochemical compounds were detected by using phytochemical screening in leaves and stems of three different plants collected from Al-Gabal Al-Ahder region, Libya, and the concentrations of anti-oxidant capacity, total phenol content, minerals, and total carbohydrate were measured for the selected plants of Capparis spinosa L. (Kabbar), Ceratonia siliqua L. (Kharuwb), and Juniperus phoenicea L (Arar). The spectrophotometer was used to estimate the contents of antioxidants, total phenols, and total carbohydrates, whereas the Flame photometer was used to determine the contents of sodium, calcium, and potassium. The outcomes of this study found that, the levels of anti-oxidant were ranged as follows:(222.72 -302.64 ppm)  in leaves and (307.62 -319.03 ppm) in stems, while the contents of total phenols were ranged from 307.62 to  319.03 ppm in stems, the total phenols contents were ranged from 9.07  to 10.59 ppm and from 9.95 to  10.65 ppm in stems, respectively while the concentrations of carbohydrate were ranged from  0.039  to 0.155 ppm and from 0.070  to 0.123 ppm for leaves and stems, respectively. . whereas the sodium, potassium, calcium were ranged from 0.958 to 2.625 ppm in leaves and from 0.88 to 4.08 ppm in stems, for potassium the values were ranged from 3.56 to 77.16 ppm in leaves, but for stems the values of potassium were ranged from   42.96 to 76.96 ppm. While the calcium contents ranged from 0.08 to 0.28 ppm in leaves, and for stems ranged from 0.375 to 0.875 ppm in stems. The phytochemical investigation showed the present important quantiles of sterols, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, anthraquinones, saponins, and phenols