Samples of fresh young shoots of Pennisetum purpureum were purchased from retailers in Mile 3 market in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The collected samples were identified at the University of Port Harcourt Herbarium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. After ridding them of dirt, their outer, hard and fibrous portion were removed and discarded, while the inner fresh, tender and edible portion was retained. These were divided into two portions; the first portion was used immediately for proximate analysis while, the other portion was oven-dried, to a constant weight and ground into powders, which was then packed into dark polythene bags and stored in a desiccator for subsequent uses in the phytocmemical analysis. Proximate analysis of the samples for moisture, crude protein, fat, ash, fiber and total carbohydrate contents of the samples were carried out in triplicates according to standard methods (AOAC, 1990). The energy value was calculated using the factors 4, 9 and 4 for protein, fat and