TI: The nutritive value of Baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata).

AU: Odetokun-SM
AD: Federal University of Technology - Department of Chemistry - Akure - Nigeria.
SO: Rivista-Italiana-delle-Sostanze-Grasse. 1996, 73: 8, 371-373; 13 ref.
PY: 1996
LA: English

AB: The seed, powdery pulp and hard husk of Adansonia digitata fruit was analysed. The proximate moisture contents of the seed, pulp and hard husk were 6.12±0.14, 6.21±0.02 and 3.11±0.17%, respectively. The husk had a proximate ash content of 4.21±0.31% and a crude fibre content of 35.3±0.47%, which were higher than those of the seed and pulp. The proximate crude protein content of the seed was 21.42±0.34% while that of the pulp and husk were 10.90±0.30 and 2.41±0.17%, respectively. Proline and valine were the limiting amino acids. The proximate oil content of the seed was 17.51±0.13%. The oil had the following physico-chemical properties: peroxide value 5.14±0.12, iodine value 86.41±0.64, acid value 7.79±0.33 mg/KOH g-1, saponification value 132.68±2.14 and free fatty acid 6.40±0.18. The oil contained 8 fatty acids which were composed of 82% unsaturated acids. The 5 sugars identified in the pulp were glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose and raffinose. These sugars accounted for 43.62±0.17% of the carbohydrate content. Potassium and sodium were the most abundant elements in the seed, pulp and husk.

DE: glucose-; fructose-; sucrose-; maltose-; raffinose-; potassium-; sodium-; husks-; pulps-; seeds-; moisture-; oils-; carbohydrates-; fibre-; ash-; energy-; fatty-acids; amino-acids; minerals-; trace-elements; tropical-fruits; composition-; forest-trees; multipurpose-trees; edible-species; plant-composition; fruits-; proteins-; tropical-crops
OD: adansonia-digitata
GE: Nigeria-
RN: 50-99-7; 57-48-7; 57-50-1; 69-79-4; 512-69-6; 7440-09-7; 7440-23-5
BT: Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; plants; ACP-Countries; Anglophone-Africa; Commonwealth-of-Nations; Developing-Countries; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: QQ050; QQ500; KK540; KK100; FF040; KK600
CD: Crop-Produce; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Forest-Products-Miscellaneous,-including-Minor-Forest-Products; Forestry-General; Plant-Composition; Agroforestry
PT: Journal-article
UD: 970416
AN: 971400243