Abstract
Berberis Vulgaris fruit (barberry) also commonly known as “zereshk” is one of the world’s renowned medicinal plant with highly nutritious and therapeutic values, world widely. It is an elongated, 8-10mm long, bright red colored, fruit. Berberidaceae family; B. vulgaris fruit is very useful tonic for liver, heart, pancreas, gallbladder and kidneys. It prevents chronic bleeding disorders, purifies blood, lowers blood cholesterol level, blood pressure and most importantly it help to treat diabetes. In addition it is effective in treatment of parasitic liver, kidney stones, gout, colon cancer, prostate inflammation, fever, asthma and malaria. Objective: This study is aimed to check the mineral and chemical profiling of Pakistan native barberry fruit. Methods: Proximate analysis of three different varieties (BVF01, BVF02, and BVF03) of B. vulgaris fruit from different three regions Azad Kashmir, Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan demonstrated a nutritional composition in range of 77.43, 70.08, 73.12% for moisture, 0.98, 0.76, 0.89% for crude ash, 0.42, 0.33, 0.39% for crude fat, 1.53, 1.32, 1.44% for crude protein, 2.76, 2.64, 2.75% for crude fiber, 16.88, 24.87, 21.41% for Nitrogen free extract (NFE).The different varieties of barberry contained the ranges of minerals such as calcium 2724.70, 2584.13, 2693.59ppm, magnesium 998.46, 944.06, 986.32ppm, potassium 12189.75, 11,114.21, 12021.19ppm, sodium 1402.16, 872.38, 1269.44ppm, iron 449.67, 334.58, 396.90ppm, zinc 8.42, 13.78, 29.5ppm, copper 15.11, 5.45, 11.63ppm, manganese 32.5, 25.86, 28.91ppm(mg/L), respectively. Conclusions: The type of barberry cultivated in Azad Kashmir is the best having good proximate composition and highest minerals amount as compared to Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan cultivated barberry.
Highlights
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) is an elongated, neurological disorders, prostate inflammation, red colored highly nutritious fruit that is cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, commonly known as “zereshk” belonging to diabetes, hepatic disorders, and colon cancer berberidaceae family
Barberry fruit of three varieties was collected from the Mirpur region of Azad Kashmir, Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan transported to The University of Lahore
The current study was carried out in order to compare the nutritional composition of different varieties of Berberis vulgaris fruit found in Azad Kashmir, Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan
Summary
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) is an elongated, neurological disorders, prostate inflammation, red colored highly nutritious fruit that is cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, commonly known as “zereshk” belonging to diabetes, hepatic disorders, and colon cancer berberidaceae family. Barberry is traditionally used to cure many ailments and it shows significant health promoting and therapeutic effects [2]. It contains high amount of antioxidants and active constituents that helps to treat different diseases such as fever, asthma, gout, kidney stones, gall bladder diseases, bone healing, chronic bleeding, internal wounds, hepatitis, Medicinal plants are used traditionally as therapeutic drugs from prehistoric times [4]. Barberry and its active constituents more commonly berberine is used in food and pharmaceutical industries [6]. Food industries uses barberry in jellies, food nectars, carbonated drinks, sauces, chocolates and it is PBMJ Vol 4 Issue 1 Jan-Jun 2021
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