Abstract:
Physicochemical and nutritive evaluation of five minor fruit germplasms/varieties i.e Aonla (NA
6 and NA
7), Bael (NB
5 and NB
9), Ber (Karaka and Umran), Jackfruit (NJ
2 and NJ
3) and Kaitha (K
1 and K
2) resulted a slight variation within two varieties of each fruit pertaining to size of fruit, peel/shell per cent and pulp per cent. Specific gravity was higher in Ber-U (Ber- Umran) (0.99%) followed by Ber- K (Ber- Karaka), K
1, K
2 and NA
7 (0.98%). Minimum specific gravity was recorded in NJ
2 (0.46%). Biochemical investigation of minor fruits, resulted a slight variation within two germplasms/varieties of each fruit pertaining to total mineral content, protein content and crude fibre. Total mineral content was higher in NB
5 (1.73 g/100g) followed by NB9 (1.71 g/100g) and minimum total mineral content were noticed in K
1.Protein and crude fibre was maximum in K
2 (6.92 g/100g) and NB
5 (6.38 g/100g). Lowest protein and crude fibre content were found in NA
6 (0.53 g/100g) and NA
7 (1.20 g/100g).On the whole germplasms/varieties Aonla (NA
6 and NA
7), Bael (NB
5 and NB
9), Ber (Karaka and Umran), Jackfruit (NJ
2 and NJ
3) and Kaitha (K
1 and K
2) were found best in terms of qualitative as well as physicochemical and nutritive evaluation.
Anil Kumar, Pratibha Singh and Mahesh Singh. Assessment of physicochemical properties of minor fruits (aonla, bael, ber, jackfruit and kaitha). J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2018;7(2S):05-09.