PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF Laportea aestuan INFLORESCENCE
ABSTRACT Proximate analysis of fresh inflorescence of Laportea aestuan (Ntan) was carried out using standard analytical procedure recommended by AOAC, 2017. The result shows that fresh inflorescence contained 31.08 ± 0.11 moisture, 7.10 ± 0.09, ash, 1.47 ± 0.05, fat, 3.61 ± 0.61, crude fibre, 0.75 ± 0.09, crude protein, 87.37 ± 0.09 carbohydrate respectively and 365.62 ± 0.17 Kcal/100g caloric value. The result obtained above showed that fresh inflorescence of Laportea aestuan has appreciable quantities of the nutrient analysed…