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Nutritional and Antinutritional Composition of Twenty Five Indigenous Leafy Vegetables of Jorhat District of Assam State, India

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20133
B.H. Choudhury*
Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, India *Corresponding author: E-mail: bh_choudhury@rediffmail.com
A.M. Baruah
Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, India *Corresponding author: E-mail: bh_choudhury@rediffmail.com
T.C. Sarmah
Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, India *Corresponding author: E-mail: bh_choudhury@rediffmail.com
S. Baishya
Department of Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785 013, India *Corresponding author: E-mail: bh_choudhury@rediffmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 29 No. 1 (2017): Vol 29 Issue 1

Abstract

Twenty five indigenous plant materials were collected from various places of Jorhat district, India on the basis of popularity of use by the people of Jorhat district for evaluation of nutritional and antinutritional composition. The moisture content of the selected fresh leafy vegetables ranged from 76.40 to 92.47 %, ash content ranged from 7.80-14.70 %, crude fibre ranged from 2.50-26.10 %, crude fat ranged from 1.13-7.10 %, crude protein content ranged from 15.77 to 39.38 %, total free amino acid ranged from 79.37 to 992.00 mg %, soluble protein content ranged from 1.10 to 4.13 %, saponin content ranged from 0.23- 0.74 %, tannin content ranged from 0.37-2.82 %, phytic acid content ranged from 0.03-0.32 % and oxalate content ranged from 0.02-0.13 %. Indigenous leafy vegetables serve as a source of functional nutrients.

Keywords

Indigenous leafy vegetables Wild Edible plants Tender Dry powder Plant materials.
Choudhury*, B., Baruah, A., Sarmah, T., & Baishya, S. (2016). Nutritional and Antinutritional Composition of Twenty Five Indigenous Leafy Vegetables of Jorhat District of Assam State, India. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 29(1), 65–68. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2017.20133
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