TI: Evaluation of mineral elements and ascorbic acid contents in fruits of some wild plants.

AU: Eromosele-IC; Eromosele-CO; Kuzhkuzha-DM
AD: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, PMB 2076, Yola, Nigeria.
SO: Plant-Foods-for-Human-Nutrition. 1991, 41: 2, 151-154; 6 ref.
PY: 1991
LA: English

AB: Ascorbic acid and mineral contents were determined in the mesocarps of 14 wild fruits of Nigeria. Data are tabulated for Ziziphus spina[-]christi, Sclerocarya birrea, Haematostaphis berteri [H. barteri], Ximenia americana, Adansonia digitala, Annona senegalensis, Butyrospermum parkii [Vitellaria paradoxa], Zizyphus [Ziziphus] mauritiana, Phoenix dactylifera [date], Balanites aegyptiaca, Tamarindus indica [tamarind], Deterium [Detarium] microcarpum, Vitex doniana and Dialium guineense. Concentrations of ascorbic acid in fruit samples were in the range 1.28 to 403.3 g/100 mg FW. Sclerocarya birrea and Adansonia digitata had concentrations of 403.3 and 337.0 mg ascorbic acid/100 g, respectively. These 2 fruits are used, respectively, as sweeteners for many local foods and as curdling agents for milk. Zizyphus mauritiana contained the highest concentrations of Mg, at 227.0 mg/100 g. Values for P in the fruits were in the range 5 to 28 mg/100 g, which compare with values for P in bananas of 26 mg/100 g. Fe concentrations were in the range 1.07-6.30 mg/100 g, which are 2-5 times higher than the concentrations in oranges (0.2 mg/100 g) and mangoes (0.4 mg/100 g).

DE: Wild-plants; fruits-; composition-; Dates-; Tamarinds-; Tropical-fruits; Ascorbic-acid; Magnesium-; Phosphorus-; Iron-; nutritive-value; tropical-crops
OD: Ziziphus-spina-christi; Ximenia-americana; Adansonia-digitata; Annona-senegalensis; Vitellaria-paradoxa; Ziziphus-mauritiana; Balanites-aegyptiaca; Phoenix-dactylifera; Tamarindus-indica
GE: Nigeria-
ID: Sclerocarya-birrea; Haematostaphis-barteri; Detarium-microcarpum; Vitex-doniana; Dialium-guineense; plant-genetic-resources
RN: 50-81-7; 7439-95-4; 7723-14-0; 7439-89-6
BT: Spermatophyta; plants; Ziziphus; Rhamnaceae; Rhamnales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Ximenia; Olacaceae; Santalales; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; Annona; Annonaceae; Magnoliales; Vitellaria; Sapotaceae; Ebenales; Balanites; Zygophyllaceae; Sapindales; Phoenix; Arecaceae; Arecales; monocotyledons; Tamarindus; Caesalpinioideae; Fabaceae; Fabales; ACP-Countries; Anglophone-Africa; Commonwealth-of-Nations; Developing-Countries; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: PP720
CD: Biological-Resources-Plant
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0921-9668
UD: 950516
AN: 940300850