Nutritional composition of selected green leafy vegetables, herbs and carrots

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition - Tập 56 - Trang 359-364 - 2001
G. Singh1, Asha Kawatra1, S. Sehgal1
1Department of Foods & Nutrition, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India

Tóm tắt

Six green leafy vegetables and herbs – spinach, amaranth, bengal gram, cauliflower, mint, coriander and carrots – were analyzed for moisture, protein,ascorbic acid, β-carotene, total iron, ionizable iron (as % of total iron) in vitro iron (% of total iron), copper, manganese and zinc. Moisture content of the leaves and carrots varied from 75.1 percent (bengal gram) to 95.4 percent (carrot) and protein from 9.83 percent (carrots) to 30.9 (mint) percent. Ascorbic acid, β-carotene, total iron and ionizable iron contents were at a maximum in case of bengal gram leaves whereas level of ionizable iron and in vitro iron as a percent of total iron was highest in carrots. Copper, manganese and zinc contents were maximum in spinach.

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Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Tập 56

359-364

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