PJB-2020-165
A CORRELATION BETWEEN PROXIMATE, NUTRIENTS AND ANTI-NUTRIENTS ANALYSIS OF SOME COMMON LEAFY VEGETABLES COLLECTED FROM MARKET AND HORTICULTURE GARDEN OF PAKISTAN
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Abstract
The present study investigated the correlation between five common leafy vegetables like Brassica juncea, Spinacia oleracea, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Chenopodium album and Lactuca sativa which were collected from a market of Faisalabad, Pakistan and horticulture garden of University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan. The samples of these species were analyzed in laboratory for different biological traits. Our results revealed that the vegetables grown in horticulture garden are fresh and having high contents of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoid as compared to the vegetables collected from the market. Furthermore, proximate analysis in term of moisture, ash, fats, fibers, carbohydrates and protein contents were also higher in the vegetables grown in horticulture garden compared to the vegetables collected from market. Although, the concentration of Na+ were higher in the vegetables collected from market while concentration of Ca2+, K+ and P+ were higher in the vegetables collected from horticulture garden. Similarly, the percentage of antinutrients such as soluble oxalate and total oxalate and were also higher in the vegetables collected from horticulture garden while contents of tannin were higher in vegetables collected from market. Tannin are insoluble in water and may cause kidney stones and many diseases in animals also. So, these findings are concluded that vegetables grown in horticulture garden are fresh and has essential nutrient which are important for human health while vegetables sold in market are unhealthy and has high contents of tannins which are toxic for human being.
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