TI: Dry matter, acidity and ascorbic acid contents of edible wild fruits growing in Malawi.

AU: Saka-JDK; Msonthi-JD; Sambo-EY
AD: Department of Chemistry, University of Malawi Chancellor College, PO Box 280, Zomba, Malawi.
SO: Tropical-Science. 1992, 32: 3, 217-221; 19 ref.
PY: 1992
LA: English

AB: The dry matter content, acidity and total ascorbic acid content of the edible portions of 22 wild fruit species were analysed. The highest and lowest dry matter contents were 91.6% (Bauhinia thonningii) and 11.9% (Garcinia huillensis), respectively. The highest and lowest pH values were 6.01 (B. petersiana) and 2.18 (Vangueria infausta), respectively. The highest ascorbic acid contents occurred in Adansonia digitata (179.1 mg/100 g FW) and B. thonningii (70.6 mg/100 g FW). The ascorbic acid content of the other species ranged from 6.2 (Diospyros kirkii) to 39.8 mg/100 g FW (Annona senegalensis).

DE: Wild-plants; fruits-; composition-; Tropical-fruits; Ascorbic-acid; Vitamins-; dry-matter; acidity-; genetic-resources; nutritive-value; quality-; plant-composition; tropical-crops; fruit-crops
OD: Bauhinia-petersiana; Adansonia-digitata; Diospyros-kirkii; Annona-senegalensis
GE: Malawi-
ID: Bauhinia-thonningii; Garcinia-huillensis; Vangueria-infausta; plant-genetic-resources
RN: 50-81-7
BT: plants; Bauhinia; Leguminosae; Fabales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; Diospyros; Ebenaceae; Ebenales; Annona; Annonaceae; Magnoliales; East-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: PP700; FF040; PP720; QQ500; QQ050; VV120; VV140
CD: Biological-Resources-General; Plant-Composition; Biological-Resources-Plant; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Crop-Produce; Physiology-of-Human-Nutrition; Human-Nutrition-Animal-Models
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0041-3291
UD: 950316
AN: 930323839