Abstract

Efren Tangon*, Elvinia R. Alivio, Jocelyn A. Pajiji and Kingpu O. Ajik

ABSTRACT

Phytochemical screening provides basic information about the medicinal importance of the plant extract and are lead compound for drug discoveries and knowledge of the chemical composition of seagrass is important both for the assessment of the nutritional value of marine invertebrate or vertebrate herbivores and for the evaluation of potential sources of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids for commercial use or for possible human consumption. Phytochemical and proximate analyses were determined on the seagrass Halodule pinifolia using standard methods on a dry basis. The phytochemicals detected in the methanolic extracts of Halodule pinifolia were alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, phenols, tannins, triterpenoids, and steroids. The results of the proximate composition showed that Halodule pinifolia contained 10.06% crude protein, 0.33% crude lipid, 58.30% total carbohydrate contents and 31.31% ash content. The results indicated that the seagrass Halodule pinifolia contained different active secondary metabolites along with significant bioactive potential that might be helpful for the future pharmaceutical applications and are good potential sources of highly nutritious feed stuff.