Prunus brahuica (Boiss) Aitch. & Hemsl locally known as Zarga or Zari is belonged to Rosaceae family. This plant species is a native to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ethnobotanically, its seed is given as nutritional supplement. This paper reports nutritional and phytochemical screening of wild fruits of P. brahuica. For this purpose, fruits were collected from Ziarat, Balochistan and various parameters such as proximate and mineral analysis was done from the standard protocols. Result showed that the fruit possesses highest percentage of dry matter (92.3%), followed by crude fibre (36.75%), carbohydrates (35.45%), crude protein (7.98%), moisture content (7.9%), crude fat (6.89%) and total ash (2.97%). Similarly, the minerals composition of the studied fruit revealed the highest amount of phosphorus (19.15%) and iron (2.98%), followed by zinc (0.97%), manganese (0.78%), potassium (0.23%), copper (0.17%).All solvents detected alkaloids. Saponins were detected only by an aqueous extract and tannins were detected in acetone and aqueous; while phenols were detected through four solvents such as aqueous, acetone, petroleum ether. The flavonoids were expressed only by methanol. Results suggest that the fruit possessed essential dietary, nutritional components coupled with secondary metabolites that necessitate carrying out further research investigation for human consumption.

Index Terms- Solvent extracts, Mineral analysis, Nutritional components, Secondary metabolites, Phytochemical analysis.