Proximate composition of different Parts of Marigold Plant

Abstract

Marigold belongs to the oldest medicinal plants, which has been used in the ancient times. At present it supplies its material of great significance for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. The study was conducted in the period of February, 2019 to April 2019 on three different samples of marigold plant. The three samples were leaf and stem of marigold plant and marigold flower collected from the flower garden of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. The aim of this study was to detect the proximate components like dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude fibre (CF), ether extract (EE) and total ash (TA) in the Animal Nutrition Laboratory of Chittagong Veterinary And Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh during 1st April 2019 to 28th April 2019