Abstract
The aim of this study was to find out the nutritional value, fatty acids and mineral composition of fruits of Capparis decidua L. This has been carried out by analyzing chemical composition for samples of the plant collected from Goz Abu kelab, Algutaina Road, White Nile State, Sudan. The proximate analysis and fatty acids composition were determined by analyzing sample of identified plants using different methods. The results of analysis showed that the fruits of C. decidua. contain total ash (6.34±0.06%), moisture (5.18±0.01%), total oil percentage (6.02±0.02%), crude fiber (6.19±0.5%), crude protein (14.32±0.2%), total carbohydrates (61.95±0.03%) and total sugar (0.42±0.1%). The fixed oil extracted from fruits were evaluated for chemical composition. The GC-FID analysis showed the presence of various saturated and unsaturated fatty acids such as Lauric acid (0.2080%) methyl ester, Tri decanoic acid methyl ester (0.3035%), Myristic acid methyl ester (0.5851%), palmatic acid methyl ester (46.0220%), Lamda-Linolenic acid methyl ester (0.6700%), Linolelaidic acid methyl ester (45.7910%), Cis- 11-Eicosenoic acid methyl ester (3.9941%), Arachidonic acid methyl ester (0.3080%), Erucic acid methyl ester (1.6876%) and Tricosanoic acid methyl ester (0.4307%). Fruits of C.decidua contained iron (81.8 mg/100g), sodium (26.9 mg/100g), potassium (2969.6 mg/100g), calcium (14.1 mg/100g) and manganese was not detected but it might been found in trace undetectable amounts. Generally, proximate compositions revealed that C.decidua fruits have better nutritional value as food and livestock feedstuff.
Highlights
Capparis decidua L.(Tundub) is belonging to family Capparaceae, yet important medicinal plant of Sudan
The aim of this study was to find out the nutritional value, fatty acids and mineral composition of fruits of Capparis decidua L
The results of the determination of the proximate analysis of nutritional value, fatty acids and mineral composition of C.decidua fruits were presented in Tables 1, 2 and 3 respectively
Summary
Capparis decidua L.(Tundub) is belonging to family Capparaceae, yet important medicinal plant of Sudan. Human body requires various macro and micro nutrients such as protein, carbohydrate, fat or lipid as macro nutrients and vitamins, minerals, water and fiber as micronutrients. Human beings require a number of complex organic compounds as added caloric requirements to meet the need for their muscular activities [2]. In the present study, the nutritional and medicinal segment of Capparis decidua fruits were investigated. In relevance to this matter, a general view on the importance of various chemical compositions of fruit is given hereunder [3]
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