Isolation of Fatty Acid, Elements Protein Contents in Flowers of Calendula Officinalis L., from Jamshoro, Sindh- Pakistan

Abstract

This report described that Calendula officinalis L. flowers, extract which contain total 37 fatty acids among which 13 were saturated 24 unsaturated, 2nd 10 elements viz: arsenic, cadmium, copper, iron, sodium, manganese, magnesium, potassium, lead and zinc. accumulation of lead 0.37 mg/kg was the lowest and zinc 15.90 mg/kg in middle and highest accumulation was of potassium 71.79 mg/kg in C.officinalis L. Total protein in Calendula officinalis L. was found between 30.20 to 28.6 %