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PJB-2010-259

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME DRIED APRICOT VARIETIES GROWN IN NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

ARSHAD HUSSAIN*, AZRA YASMIN AND JAVED ALI
Abstract

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The study was undertaken to evaluate the nutritional significance of edible portion of some dried apricot (Prunus armeniae) varieties such as Charmagazi, Halmas, Margulam, Nari and Travet from different localities of Northern areas. The selected parameters included were moisture content, total ash, total acidity, crude fiber, crude fat, crude protein, reducing sugars, non reducing sugars and total sugars ranged from 11.09±0.80 to 15.10±0.65 g/100g

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