Quantification of Lupeol in Selected Commercial Table Cultivars of Mango ( Mangifera indica L.) Cultivated in Telangana Region

Abstract

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the most important climacteric tropical fruits of the world and it is designated as “King of fruits”, “National fruit of India and Philippines” and “National tree of Bangladesh”. New research work about the luepol content in mango fruit (180µg/100g average), it is very potential triterpene which acts against many diseases especially cancer for this purpose a large scope in the pharmaceutical industries. Present study was first time taken up to investigate “Quantification of lupeol in selected commercial table cultivars of mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivated in Telanagana region” through High Performance Liquid Chromatography method using completely randomize design with 2 factors one of the factor is 7 table cultivars and another factor is 3 storage days. The results revealed that significantly highest lupeol content (50.9 ± 12.3 µg/100g) was recorded in cultivar Baneshan, while lowest amount of lupeol was observed in Himayath (8.3 ± 0.9 µg/100g). Baneshan is a commercially cultivated variety in Telangana region as well as some parts of India also it has high lupeol content in pulp. Luepeol content varies among the cultivars and storage days.