Nutraceutical potential of Ficus roxburghii an underutilized fruit of Sikkim Himalayas
| Autor: | Sujata Upadhyay, S.S. Bhatt, S Manivannan, Laxuman Sharma, Yamuna Pandey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
General Immunology and Microbiology biology Flavonoid Ficus 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Ascorbic acid biology.organism_classification 040401 food science General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_compound 0404 agricultural biotechnology Human nutrition Nutraceutical chemistry Phytochemical Anthocyanin Food science General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Carotenoid General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 10:876-880 |
| ISSN: | 2231-5209 0974-9411 |
| Popis: | Ficus roxburghii, “Elephant ear fig “or wild fig is one of very popular fruits found growing wild in the hills of North Eastern and North Western Himalayan region. The fruit of wild fig has also been used as medicine by the tribal people of Sikkim and other states of India. Keeping this in view, the present study was conducted at Laboratory of Department of Horticulture, Sikkim University, Sikkim to access the different nutraceuticals properties as nutritional constituent like protein, fat, fibre, carbohydrate and energy value, mineral content viz.Ca, K, Mg, Na, Zn, Co, Mo, Fe, Mn and phytochemical content such as total phenols, flavonoid, ascorbic acid, anthocyanin and total carotenoids of F. roxburghii. The results of present study revealed that fruit of F. roxburghii contains significant amount of nutritional, mineral and phytochemical properties viz. protein (3.00±0.06%), fat (0.13±0.04%), fibre (3.06±0.02%), carbohydrate (90.81±0.44 %), energy value (376.45±1.44), Ca (23.69 ± 1.7), Mg (73.09 ± 2.1), K (819.64 ± 12.54), Mo (0.58 ± 0.06), Na (6.73 ± 1.2), Zn (0.34 ± 0.10). Fe (26.55 ± 2.8), Cu (4.22 ± 0.20), Mn (7.11 ± 0.11), total phenols (4.13±0.52 mg GAE/ G), total flavonoid (3.10±0.09 mg GAE/ G), ascorbic acid (3.36±0.27 mg GAE/ G), anthocyanin (1.13±0.15 mg GAE/ G) and total carotenoids (0.68±0.10 mg GAE/ G). It may be concluded that the fruit of F. roxburghiiis rich in nutraceuticals and must be incorporated in our balanced diet. |
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