Abstract

DETERMINATION OF NUTRITIVE VALUE AND ANALYSIS OF MINERAL ELEMENTS OF FRUIT PULP OF RAM PHAL (Annona reticulata Linn) IN JABALPUR

Ranu Singh*, Varsha Awasthy and Monika Dhagat

ABSTRACT

Proximate analysis of plants plays a crucial role in assessing their nutritional significance. Carbohydrate, fats, fiber and protein are the essential nutrients of life. For proximate analysis, the fine powder obtained from dried plant parts as shown earlier were used. The following quantitative parameters were carried out using standard methods and Mean of the triplicate analysis was calculated. The nutritive value was assessed based on estimation of percentage of moisture, total ash, total carbohydrates, total crude fiber, total protein and total lipids in the plant samples. The results are calculated by analyzing one sample and presented as mean ± SD. Fruit powder showed moisture content to be 6.77 ± 0.07.Fruit showed ash percent tobe 5.22 ± 0.066 respectively. Carbohydrate content is 41.01 ± 1.07 was found in fruit of A. reticulata. While in fruit only 32.71 ± 0.39percentage of crude fiber was found.

Keywords: Annona reticulata, proximate analysis, fruit pulp of plant, Phytochemicals, antioxidants.