Abstract:
NIRS is an advance, fast, reliable and non-destructive technique extensively used in chemical, food, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries for rapid and reliable standardization. NIRS of
Cicer arietinum L. Desi and Kabuli variety seed flours was performed for qualitative evaluation of secondary metabolites. The major suggested compounds in
Cicer arietinum Desi and
Kabuli variety were found as adenine, biochanin-A, biochanin-B, biochannin A 7-O- β -D-glucoside, calycosin, cerebroside, choline, ciceritol, citric acid, diadzein, fructose, garbanzol, genistein, glucose, inositol, isoliquiritigen, liquiritigenin, methyl tetracosanoate, ononin, pyrimidine, saccharose, sissotrin, stigmasterol, trifolirhizin. β- amyrin and β-sitosterol. The presence of these compounds justifies the use of
Cicer arietinum as nutritional food and tonic.
Darakhshan Masroor, Rafi Akhtar Sultan, Salman Ahmed and Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan. Near infrared spectroscopy of Cicer arietinum L., seeds. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2016;5(6):182-184.