Abstract
Cereals are the staple diet of most of the world’s population. The millets are very important staple food in the rural parts of India. Millets can secure India’s food and farming in future because it is amazing in their nutrition contents. Echinochloa frumentacea (Sanwa) millet is good source of energy and provide protein, fatty acid, minerals, vitamins, dietary fibre and polypheonals. Proteins present in various foods differ in their nutritive value on account of the difference in the amino acid contents. The amino acid content, fatty acid content (TSFA and TUFA) and anti nutritional factor ranged from 0.0008 to 0.522%, 24.2 to 26.0%, 73.5 to 75.4% and 0.301 to 0.302, 0.0202 to 0.0204 g/100 g and 31.95 mg/100 g respectively. No cyanide content and haemagglutinin activity were found. Nutritionally the seeds of E. frumentacea variety DFM-1 and HR-374 are rich in aspartic acid (essential amino acid) content and total unsaturated fatty acid content. Key words: Amino acid, fatty acid content, anti nutritional factor, minor millets variety of Echinochloa frumentacea.
Highlights
Millets are a group of cereal species crops or grain like food that has been used by large group of people in rural, tribal and hilly areas in Asia and Africa (Ravindra et al., 2008; Anonymous, 2006; Rao et al, 2011; Odoemalam and Osu, 2009)
The amino acid composition of seeds of hybrid variety BMVL-29 and BMVL-172 of E. frumentacea was analyzed by using liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (LC-MS)
From the perusal of the data it appears that both the varieties of E. frumentacea minor millets seeds are lacking in Cystine, Histidine, 2-Aminobutaric and Lcysteine amino acids
Summary
Millets are a group of cereal species crops or grain like food that has been used by large group of people in rural, tribal and hilly areas in Asia and Africa (Ravindra et al., 2008; Anonymous, 2006; Rao et al, 2011; Odoemalam and Osu, 2009). Millet is a cereal crop plant belonging to different genera but all within the grass family, Poaceae and subfamily Panicoideae (FAO, 1972; 1991). Minor millets can act as a shield against nutritional deficiency disorders and provide nutritional security. These grains will be used for traditional as well as novel foods (Vanithasri et al, 2012). Echinochloa frumentacea minor millets are high energy, nutritious foods comparable to other major cereals and some of them are even better with regard to protein and mineral content (Fe, Ca, Mn, Mg).
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