Author(s):

Mayanglambam Chandrakumar Singh, Dr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, Siddhartha Singh, Amit Kumar Singh, Punabati Heisnam, Lukram Shantikumar and Brijesh Kumar Singh

Abstract: Deku and Itanagar are the two main indigenous rice cultivars, consumed by the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. An attempt was made to compile the phyto-chemical profile of these two rice cultivar to assess their nutritional and anti-nutritional components. The contents of reducing sugar, total carbohydrate, soluble protein, ascorbic acid, total phenols were higher in the Itanagar rice cultivar and cellulose, thiamine, Vitamin E, crude fibre, total free amino acid and free fatty acids along with phytic acid and tannins were higher in the Deku rice cultivar. The Deku rice cultivar was found to contain high anti-nutritional components such as phytic acid and tannins. Hence, it is concluded that the Itanagar rice cultivar was superior to the Deku rice cultivar.

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