Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2018)
Evaluation of physical and nutritional properties of Aonla
Author(s):
Nimse SB and More DR
Abstract:
Aonla (
Emblica officinalis) is important fruit crop commonly grown in India in dry and minimum management input. It is rich source of protein, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, vitamin C, iron, calcium and phosphorus. The fruit aonla is richest source of Vitamin C. The present investigation was carried out to study the physical properties such as length, diameter, whole fruit, pulp weight, % pulp and % seed of aonla fruit mainly 3.434cm, 3.567cm, 28.391gm, 26.231gm, 92.3% and 7.60% respectively. Nutritional properties of aonla such as moisture content (85.6%), fat (0.5%), protein (2.187%), carbohydrate (7.11%) and ascorbic acid (552.6 mg/100gm) of aonla fruit.
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Nimse SB and More DR. Evaluation of physical and nutritional properties of Aonla. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2018;7(2):3733-3735.