In this study, the concentration of essential micro and macro elements were investigated in five anti-diabetic medicinal plants collected from part of Adamawa state, Nigeria using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). For each plant, the leaves stem bark and the root bark samples were analyzed for the essential elements and the concentrations placed in order of preference based on their availability per tissue. The overall order of plants tissues analyzed suggests that the most potent source of macro elements are Ca, K and Mg. As the order of preference revealed, the most potent source of Ca is in the stem bark sample of Anogeissus leiocarpus (79780±1277.0 mg/kg), while the leaves of Daniellia oliveri was observed to be the potent source of Mg (6012±333.1 mg/kg). Highest concentrations of K (80250±321.0 mg/kg) were observed in large quantity in the root bark of Jatropha gossypiifolia. For the micro elements, the concentration of Fe was observed to be higher in the root bark of Jatropha gossypiifolia (1506±50.0 mg/kg). Similarly, the concentration of Cl was observed to be higher in stem bark sample of Jathropha gossypiifolia (4780.0±48.0 mg/kg). These information’s as regards to the distribution of essential elements in the respective plant tissues will help influence the choice of plant and plant tissues when considering plant-based substrate for the treatment and management of diabetes mellitus as these elements are found to play an active role in potentiating the pharmacological properties of anti-diabetic medicinal plants.
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