Research Journal of Applied Sciences
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Morphological and Physicochemical Characterization of Safous from Brazzaville
Feueltgaldah Christian Bopoundza, David Mampouya, Eliane Thérèse Biassala, Anicet Frédéric Binaki, Celestine Ngounga Kiminou, Bob Wilfrid Loumouamou and Thomas Silou
Page: 296-304 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022
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Abstract
The aim of this work is to enhance the safou tree “orchard” of Brazzaville by carrying out the morphological and physicochemical characterization of the fruits collected from 50 trees in the 5 districts, at the rate of 10 trees per district. The characterization of the fruits made it possible to identify the types of size, class and category of safous the most found and the most cultivated in this large orchard. This study showed us that the Safous of Brazzaville form a very homogeneous group of fruits and resemble those already found in the literature. Descriptive studies on morphology indicate that it is the fruit with the sphericity index (width/length) of around 0.5 that is most commonly found in the sub-region. The safous of Brazzaville are similar to each other and, ultimately, resemble the type of safous the most sold in the sub-region. The oil extracted from the pulp has the following major fatty acid profiles: C16: 0 C18: 1 C18: 2 C18: 0 C18: 3 followed by C16: 0 C18: 2 C18: 1 C18: 0 C18: 3 with average palmitic acid contents <50%. Oleic and linoleic acids have almost similar contents with values, respectively equal to 26.8 (±5.4) and 21.5(±4.3)%.
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Feueltgaldah Christian Bopoundza, David Mampouya, Eliane Thérèse Biassala, Anicet Frédéric Binaki, Celestine Ngounga Kiminou, Bob Wilfrid Loumouamou and Thomas Silou. Morphological and Physicochemical Characterization of Safous from Brazzaville.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjasci.2020.296.304
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