NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF CITRULLUS LANATUS (WATER MELON) SEEDS

Autor: D. E. Peters, H. E. Ogbeifun, M. O. Monanu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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ISSN: 2349-7823
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7037580
Popis: Malnutrition, more specifically to protein-energy, and micronutrient deficiencies, are major health burdens in developing countries. This study was designed to investigate the nutrient compositions of Citrullus lanatus seeds. Proximate, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antinutrient compositions of Citrullus lanatus seeds were investigated. Proximate analysis was assessed by AOAC method minerals by atomic absorption spectrophotometry vitamins by UV- visible spectrophotometry while titrimetric methods were used for antinutrients analysis. The highest proximate composition of the seeds was crude protein (28.33±0.49%) . Predominant vitamin present was C (372.90±1.91mg/kg), most abundant mineral and amino acids present were magnesium (13.68±0.52ppm) and glutamate (7,82±0.14mg/100g) respectively. Tannin (8.94±0.09ug/g) was the highest antinutrient present. Citrullus lanatus seeds have lower anti-nutritional constituents and rich in vitamins, minerals and protein hence which could be useful for fortifying carbohydrate based food. Keywords: Citrullus lanatus, seeds, Proximate, Malnutrition, antinutrient. Title: NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF CITRULLUS LANATUS (WATER MELON) SEEDS Author: D. E. Peters, H. E. Ogbeifun, M. O. Monanu International Journal of Recent Research in Life Sciences (IJRRLS) ISSN 2349-7823 Vol. 9, Issue 3, July 2022 - September 2022 Page No: 37-48 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 31-August-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7037580 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/NUTRIENT%20COMPOSITION%20OF%20CITRULLUS%20LANATUS-31082022-1.pdf
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