A. Muhammad
Department of Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
S.M. Dangoggo
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
A.I. Tsafe
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
A.U. Itodo
Department of Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
F.A. Atiku
Department of Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The Pulp of Gardenia aqualla fruit was analyzed for nutritional and anti-nutritional composition. The results obtained were moisture content (80.33%), ash (5.00%), crude lipid (1.70%), crude protein (3.85%), crude fibre (trace), available carbohydrate (89.45%) and the energy value (388.50 kcal/100 g). Elemental analyses shows that Sodium is the most abundant element (203.33 mg/100 g) while manganese is the least (0.2 mg/100 g), Lead was also detected (0.37 mg/100 g). The anti-nutritional parameters analyzed include; Phytate (26.57 mg/100 g), Soluble Oxalate (1.70 mg/100 g), Saponin (1.50 mg/100 g), Nitrate (0.38 mg/100 g) while Hydrocyanic acid content are (1.14 mg/100 g). The antinutrients to nutrients ratio indicate the bioavailability of some important minerals except in the case of [Phytate][Fe] and [Phytate][Ca] in the pulp which are found to reach the critical levels and therefore are expected to hinder Iron and Calcium bioavailability in the pulp.
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A. Muhammad, S.M. Dangoggo, A.I. Tsafe, A.U. Itodo and F.A. Atiku, 2011. Proximate, Minerals and Anti-nutritional Factors of Gardenia aqualla (Gauden dutse) Fruit Pulp. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 10: 577-581.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.577.581
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2011.577.581
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.577.581
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2011.577.581
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