Evaluation of the iron content of the genus Corchorus species encountered in Cote d’ivoire

Abstract

In Cote d’Ivoire, the leaves of the genus Corchorus species are used in traditional medicine. The plants concerned are Corchorus aestuans, C. lobatus, C. olitorius and C. tridens. The empirical reason advanced is the richness in iron of the leaves of these plants. The present study is about the iron content of the leaves of these species in order to verify this traditional conception. The study showed that the leaves of the Corchorus species analyzed are indeed rich in iron, but in varying proportions. Corchorus aestuans is the richest in iron with a content of 568.30 ± 0.26 mg / kg. According to the statistical tests, there is no significant difference for P