Current Insights into Phytochemistry, Nutritional, and Pharmacological Properties of Prosopis Plants

Table 1

Nutritional composition of Prosopis [16, 38].

Nutrient	Unit	P. pallida (value per 100 g)	P. africana (value per 100 g)
Proximate composition
Crude protein	G	9.1	23.6
Fiber	G	18.4	3.3
Ash	G	3.9	4.4
Carbohydrate by difference	G	69.2	54.0
Energy	kJ	1530	1792.8
Sodium (Na)	Mg	110	110.7
Potassium (K)	Mg	2650	617.5
Calcium (Ca)	Mg	80	362.5
Magnesium (Mg)	mg	90	1420.1
Copper (Cu)	mg	Trace	46.2
Zinc (Zn)	mg	Trace	22.4
Manganese (Mn)	mg	Trace	36.2
Iron (Fe)	mg	30	15.5
Aspartic acid (Asp)	g	8.51	10.0
Serine (Ser)	g	4.96	3.2
Glutamic acid (Glu)	g	10.07	13.3
Proline (Pro)	g	23.40	3.0
Glycine (Gly)	g	4.68	3.3
Alanine (Ala)	g	4.26	2.8
Methionine (Met)	g	0.57	1.4
Valine (Val)	g	7.80	4.2
Isoleucine (Ile)	g	3.26	3.7
Leucine (Leu)	g	7.94	6.4
Tyrosine (Tyr)	g	2.84	3.2
Lysine (Lys)	g	4.26	4.2
Histidine (His)	g	1.99	2.5
Arginine (Arg)	g	4.82	5.0