Proximate and Antinutritional Analyses of Seed, Pulp and Peel of Aframomum Angustifolium (Sonn) K.Schum

Kaana Asemave and Samuel S Ode
Additional contact information
Samuel S Ode: Department of Chemistry, Benue State University, Nigeria

Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal, 2018, vol. 7, issue 3, 120-124

Abstract: The seed, pulp and peel of Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum were analyzed for proximate composition and some anti-nutritional factors (alkaloids, oxalate and saponins). The results of the analysis indicate the moisture content of the seed, the pulp and the peel as 13.13±0.76%, 16.48±2.97% and 42.47±0.00% respectively. The % moisture content was higher in the peel and pulp than the seed. The ash content of the seed was found to be 3.55±0.08%, for the pulp as 2.09±0.20% and the peel was found to be 0.86±0.09%. These indicate that the peel has the least amount of ash as compared to the seed and pulp. The lipid content of the seed, the pulp and the peel were 2.59±0.00%, 65.30±0.00% and 41.06±0.00% respectively. Crude fibre content of the seed, the pulp and the peel of the fruit were determined as; 13.72±0.00%, 1.18±0.05% and 5.88±1.79% respectively. Whereas, the results of the crude protein for the seed was found to be 23.05±1.54%, the pulp was found to be 1.57±0.05%, and that of the peel was found to be 1.80±0.05%.

Keywords: juniper publishers:Medicinal Chemistry; Biochemistry Journal; Pharmacology Journal; biochemical pharmacology; molecular pharmacology; biochemistry; open access journals; peer reviewed journals; Open Access; Journal of Molecular Biochemistry; International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry; World Journal of Biological Chemistry; Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry; Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access; Molecular Biology International; Plant Biochemistry & Physiology; International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Journal of Clinical and Medical Genomics; Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Juniper publishers reivews (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://juniperpublishers.com/omcij/pdf/OMCIJ.MS.ID.555720.pdf (application/pdf)
https://juniperpublishers.com/omcij/OMCIJ.MS.ID.555720.php (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:adp:jomcij:v:7:y:2018:i:3:p:120-124

DOI: 10.19080/OMCIJ.2018.07.555720

Access Statistics for this article

Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal is currently edited by Sophia Mathis

More articles in Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal from Juniper Publishers Inc.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Robert Thomas ().