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标题：Nutritional Composition and Fatty Acids Profile of Ficus Exasperata Fruit and Fruit Oil
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作者：Muibat Olabisi Bello ; Misbaudeen Abdul-Hammed ; Adewusi John Adepoju 等
期刊名称：Journal of Natural Sciences Research
印刷版ISSN：2225-0921
电子版ISSN：2225-0921
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：25-29
语种：English
出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：The proximate compositions, mineral elements contents and fatty acids profiles of fruit oil of Ficus exasperata were studied with a view to investigating its nutraceutical potentials. The proximate analysis showed that the fruit contain valuable nutrients; (g/100g) crude protein (11.38 ± 0.02), crude fibre (16.78 ± 0.04), ash (9.68 ± 0.01), crude fat (4.28 ± 0.00), moisture content (7.58 ± 0.01), and carbohydrate (67.48 ± 0.01). The results of mineral analysis (in mg/100g) revealed the presence of potassium (3262.28 ±6.87), calcium (1721.00 ± 4.04), iron (330.81 ± 8.32), titanium (28.00 ± 0.01), manganese (18.08 ± 0.18), copper (14.04 ± 1.51), chromium (0.08 ± 0.02) and nickel (0.37 ± 0.11). The fatty acids profile showed that the fruit oil contains higher proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acid (54.54 %) and oleic acid (18.89 %). The major saturated fatty acids detected include stearic acid (9.10 %), and palmitic acid (7.32 %). Thus the fruit could be another dietary source of nutraceuticals.
关键词：Fatty acids; Ficus exasperata fruit; Mineral elements; Nutraceuticals; Proximate constituents.