ABSTRACT
Diallium guineense
fruit
pulp and leaves popularly consumed raw by some tribes in Nigeria were studied
for their proximate, vitamin, mineral and phytochemical composition. The fruit
pulp and leaves were respectively found to contain 5.54±0.0.07%, 19.71±0.12%
crude protein, 3.14±0.02%, 9.49±0.09% ash, 4.48±0.0%, 12.57±0.24% crude fibre,
2.21±0.04%, 3.43±0.02% crude fat and 71.67±0.03%, 44.58±0.16% carbohydrate
respectively. They also contained reasonable amounts of mineral elements which
ranged from 42.77±0.09 - 65.59±0.15 mg/100g sodium, 238.67±0.09 - 247.70±1.48
mg/100g potassium, 84.81±0.56 - 175.75±1.62 mg/100g calcium, 264.78±0.68 -
284.60±0.10 mg/100g phosphorus, 2.35±0.02 – 3.65±0.15 mg/100g zinc and
3.14±0.03 – 4.72±0.10 mg/100g iron. They also contained appreciable values of
vitamins A (86.68±0.1.08 – 42.77±0.09 IU/100 g), Vitamin C (254.78±0.49 –
254.35±8.50 mg/100g) and Vitamin E (2.78±0.02 – 3.52±0.10 mg/100g). The
phytochemical/antinutrient contents were low. They were however high in nitrate
(19.62±0.24 – 34.71±0.12 mg/100g) and nitrite (4.64±0.03 – 7.52±0.08 mg/100g).
Except for moisture, carbohydrates and magnesium, the leaf sample was found to
have higher values of all the nutrients considered. Both the fruit pulp and
leaves of Diallium guineense were
found to be rich in nutrient composition and can therefore be
recommended to serve as a food supplement or snack for consumers as a means of
meeting part of their daily nutritional needs. The GC-MS analysis of the
methanol extract of the fruit pulp revealed the presence of thirty one
components.
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