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ABSTRACT
Scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) is a widely used local plant for both nutritional and therapeutic purposes. The medicinal values of O. gratissimum is tied to some chemical substances that produce definite physiological actions in the human body. The purpose of this study was to determine the yield and phytochemical contents of leaf meal and leaf protein concentrate (LPC) of scent leaf . The yield of scent leaf meal (27.17%) was significantly higher (p<0.05) than the yield of scent leaf protein concentrate obtained using wet and dry milling methods, 7.34% and 7.21% respectively. The processing methods did not have any significant effect (p>0.05) on the yield of the scent leaf protein concentrate. The phytochemical screening of scent leaf meal and scent leaf protein concentrate revealed the presence of saponin, alkaloid, amino acids, coumarin, steroid and glycosides in both scent leaf meal and scent leaf protein concentrate . However, tannin and phenolic were absent in the leaf protein concentrate of scent leaf but were present in the scent leaf meal. In addition, phlobatannin and anthocyanin were absent in both the scent leaf protein concentrate and scent leaf meal.
