PJB-2019-45
Nutritional composition of wild-non-traditional vegetables of Sindh, under different postharvest processing methods
Saghir Ahmed Sheikh, Benish Nawaz Mirani, Shafi Muhammad Nizamani, Aasia Akbar Panhwar and Mehrunisa Memon
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional quality of nontraditional (i.e. amaranthus, horse radish tree flowers, lambs quarter and gram leaves) and traditional (Spinach) vegetables in district Mirpurkhas, Sindh-Pakistan. The moisture content (92.66%) was highest in boiled spinach, followed by fresh samples (88.76%) of the same vegetable. The fat and ash content was highest (2.85 and 16.14 %) in thermally dehydrated amaranthus and similarly the carbohydrate content (69.06%) was higher in lambs quarter. The fiber content was higher (13.35%) in shade dried samples of horse radish tree flowers. The interactive effect of processing methods and vegetables revealed the highest mineral content in almost all the vegetables under thermal dehydration treatment over other treatments. There were also significant amounts of vitamins present in selected nontraditional vegetables. The fresh samples of spinach had the highest amount of β-carotene. Among water soluble vitamins, gram leaves had the highest amount of vitamin C and B1 and lambs quarter contained greater amount of Vitamin B2 and B3 in fresh samples. The present study, thus revealed that the nontraditional vegetables are rich source of nutrients and have great potential in providing balanced diet for rural dwellers as well as urban communities in Sindh, Pakistan
To Cite this article:
Sheikh, S.A., B.N. Mirani, S.M. Nizamani, A.A. Panhwar and M. Memon.2019. Nutritional composition of wild-non-traditional vegetables of Sindh, under different postharvest processing methods. Pak. J. Bot.., 51(1): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2019-1(45)
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