Nutrition Comparison Between Genus of Apple (Malus Sylvestris and Malus Domestica) To Show Which Cultivar is Best for the Province of Balochistan

Muhammad Aziz, M Anwar, Zaheer Uddin, Hiba Amanat, Huma Ayub and Saima Jadoon

Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 417-424

Abstract: Apple farming cultivation is expanding in Balochistan. But there is no scientific study present on this subject which apple genus is beneficial according to nutritional point of view. This is the main object of this study to evaluate the nutritive composition of different Genus of apples. Keeping this objective in mind two different genus of apples were selected i.e. Malus Sylvestris and Malusdomestica. To know the percentage composition of Moisture, Ash, Brix, Fat, Pectin, Fiber, Protein, Total sugar, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Iron, Fat and water soluble vitamins in apples, they have been quantitatively analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Flame Photometry and other chemical methods. The nutritional assessment results show that Malusdomestica (Discovery) has an edge over Malus sylvestris (Red Sentine). The percentage of Moisture, Potassium and Ascorbic acid is slightly high in Malus Sylverstris, On the other hand the Ash, Brix, Fat, Pectin, Fiber, Protein and Total sugar percentages are comparatively high in Malusdomestica and show a difference 0.15, 3.9, 0.48, 0.4, 5.5, 0.25, 8.25 of percentages respectively. The concentration of Calcium 20.79, Sodium11.01 ,Phosphorus16.4 , Magnesium 14.62, Iron 7.23 and Vitamin A 0.97 ( mg/100gm) in Discovery apples and show a respective difference from MalusSylverstris Calcium 0.99, Sodium 8.21, Phosphorus 0.3, Magnesium 6.82, Iron 3.23 and Vitamin A is 0.04 in mg/100gm.

Keywords: Pome fruit; Pakistan diet; Food assessment; Nutrient evaluations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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