TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Composition of Some Nigerian Fruits
AU - , V.O. Onibon AU - , F.O. Abulude AU - , L.O. Lawal 
JO  - Journal of Food Technology
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SP  - 120
EP  - 122
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1684-8462
DO  - jftech.2007.120.122
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2007.120.122
KW  - Fruits
KW  -minerals
KW  -nutritional
KW  -anti-nutritional
KW  -analysis
AB  - Studies were carried out on fresh fruits of banana (Musa esculentum), apple (Eugenia malascensis), guava (Psidium guajava), pawpaw (carica papaya), sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) to determine the nutritional and antinutritional composition in them. Chemical analysis of the extracts of the fruits revealed that moisture was 70.59 g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> DM in apple, to 91.28 g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> DM in sweet orange; ash content varied from 0.25 g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> DM in apple to 0.29 g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> DM in guava and dry matter was as low as 8.72 g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> DM in sweet orange to as high as 29.41  g 100 g <SUP>1</SUP>  DM   in   apple.   Elemental  analysis  of  minerals  gave  the  range  of  concentrations  as  Ca  0.016-29.64  mg  g <SUP>1</SUP>,  Mg:  0.050-28.24  mg  g <SUP>1</SUP>,  K:27.12-398.56  mg  g <SUP>1</SUP>,   Zn:0.01-22.09   mg   g <SUP>1</SUP>   and Fe:0.19-13.04 mg g <SUP>1</SUP>. Potassium was found to be the most abundant while Iron was least. Tannin contents  of  the  fruits  ranged between 3.40-48.16 mg 100 g <SUP>1</SUP>. Phytate contents were between 2.88-10.71 mg 100 g <SUP>1</SUP>, while the oxalate contents ranged between 1.89-4.50 mg 100 g <SUP>1</SUP> dry matter. The result showed that the fruits have safe and adequate dietary nutrients if consumed in right proportion and the antinutrients compositions are within tolerable level.
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