Chemical Composition of Some Indigenuos Vegetables jatropha aconitifolia and colocash esculenta and Effect of their Extracts on the Zinc Iron and Vitamin: A Metabolism in Rats.

The nutrient potentials of Colocasia esculenta and Jatropha aconitifolia leaves
were determined. The leaves were collected from home garden of some staff in University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. The leaves were cleaned and analysed fresh for nutrient and antinutrient composition. The leaf extract were collected and supplemented with rat chow for rat feeding.