____________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: pat_adamma@yahoo.com; Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 3(15): 2015-2027, 2014; Article no. JSRR.2014.15.004 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Proximate and Anti-nutritional Constituents of Abelmoschus esculentus Grown in Fadaman Kubanni, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria Ekwumemgbo Patricia Adamma 1* , Sallau Mohammed Sani 1 , Omoniyi Kehinde Israel 1 and Zubairu Safiya Yusuf 1 1 Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author SMS designed the study. Author EPA managed the literature searches wrote the protocol and the first draft of the manuscript. Author ZSY managed the experimental process and author OKI identified the species of plant. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Received 14 th January 2014 Accepted 7 th April 2014 Published 25 th June 2014 ABSTRACT Aims: This work seeks to provide information on the proximate and anti-nutritional constituents of Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) grown in Fadaman Kubanni farms where effluents from Zaria Industrial Estate are discharged, and compare it with that grown in Rafin Yashi (control) in order to ascertain the effects of the effluent on the plant. Study Design: Proximate and anti-nutritional constituent determination of Abelmoschus esculentus vegetative part and fruit samples. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted between June, 2011 and May, 2013 in the Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Methodology: Standard AOAC method was employed in the determination of moisture, ash, fat, crude fibre and oxalate constituents of the samples; carbohydrate content was obtained by the standard anthrone method; protein content was obtained by standard Biuret protein assay; phytate content was evaluated as specified by Reddy and Love while saponin content was obtained by Rathod and Valvi method. Results were expressed as the mean±SD of five replicate determinations, compared using Student t- test and the level of significance determined at P = 0.05. Results: The mean obtained for moisture, ash, crude protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrate Original Research Article