Abstract
The North - East state Manipur, India is a powerhouse of many wild flora and fauna. Varied ran ges of wild edible Prunus triflora genotypes commonly known as plum are found in valley and hill districts of the region. Each fruit has d istinctive physiological habitat and geographical characteristic. However, to the best of our knowledge no biochemical evaluation has been carried out of these fruits from this region . Four populations of wild Prunus triflora genotypes ( Imphal kalenheikha, Senapati maoheikha, Ukhrul applemix, Ukhrul mangomix ) were selected as source for study to estimate bio - chemical cont ents using standard protocols . The selected site differed in respect to their altitudes rang ing from 750 - 2740 m above msl . P roximate analysis revealed that the Prunus triflora genotype of Senapati maoheikha have high est amount of t otal soluble sugar , redu cing sugar, total soluble protein and antioxidant activity of 34.67 ± 0.65 mg / 100g , 23.65±2.22 mg / 100g , 5.66±0.23 mg / 100g , IC 50 666.3 ± 26 µg/ml , respectively. While the genotype of Ukhrul applemix showed high value of 16.51± 5.9 mg / 100g non – reduci ng sugar. A scor bic acid content was h igh est in Imphal kalenheikha having 13.19±0.9 mg / 100g of fresh weight among the genotypes . S ignificant correlationship was achieved between ascorbic acid and antioxidant activity in all the genotype s . O ur study showed that wild Prunus triflora is a pot ential source of nutrition and a food containing health giving additives like functional food. Therefore, popularizing and bringing into mainstream cultivation of the s e fruit need initiation .
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