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Global Academic Journal of Pharmacy and Drug Research
Volume-5 | Issue-05
Original Research Article
Functional Composition, Minerals and Antioxidant Vitamins Content of Juice of (Botria africanus)
A. Y. Zubairu, I. Saidu, M. Mukhtar, J. Sani, A. Zubairu, H. A. Nababa, S. S. Abubakar, A. Habibu, Z. Ibrahim
Published : Sept. 4, 2023
DOI : 10.36348/gajpdr.2023.v05i05.001
Abstract
Fruits play important role in human nutrition, particularly as sources of dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins. This research is able to highlight essential composition available in juice of (Botria africanus), the functional composition, mineral and antioxidant vitamin contents were determined. The results identified availability of nutrients were obtained to be moisture content (20.17±0.76mg/dL), ash content (5.33±0.58mg/dL), crude protein (3.81±0.02mg/dL), crude lipid (12.33±0.12mg/dL), crude fibre (1.33±0.58mg/dL), and carbonhydrate (57.08±0.01mg/dL). The mineral contents were also identified to be Iron (3.723±0.003mg/dL), Manganese (0.405±0.005 mg/dL), Magnesium (ND±ND mg/dL), Phosphorus (31.15±0.050mg/dL), Potassium (5800 ± 100.000mg/dL), Sodium (150 ± 5.000mg/dL) and Zinc (0.016±0.008mg/dL) at the end the vitamins content were also obtained to be vit C> vit E > vit A the values are 53.6 ± 0.300> 50.21 ±3.357> 1.158±0.008, the research concluded that juice of (Botria africanus) contained an important nutritional components that are useful which are able to protect the body against oxidative stress.

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