African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Proximate and nutrient analysis of selected vegetable species: A case study of Karak region, Pakistan

Javid Hussain1*, Abdul Latif Khan1, 2, Najeeb ur Rehman1, Muhammad Hamayun2, Tahir Shah3, Mudihra Nisar1, Tasneem Bano1, Zabta Khan Shinwari4 and In-Jung Lee2
  1Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology Kohat 26000 Pakistan. 2School of Applied Bioscience, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea. 3National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. 4Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
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  •  Published: 15 April 2009

Abstract

 

Karak, an arid region, have limited water and land resources to cultivate various crops specially vegetables. However, a few seasonal vegetable are available to the local communities in meager quantities. The ash, carbohydrate, protein, moisture, fat, fiber contents, energy values and nutrient composition of eight vegetables’Abelmoschus esculentus, Spinacia oleraceae, Praecitrullus fistulosus, Luffa acutangula, Allium sativum, Amaranthus viridus, Chenopodium album andMomordica charantia were determined. Among these, A. sativum, S. oleraceae andC. album have the highest micro and macronutrients.

 

Key words: Proximate analysis, macro and micronutrients analysis, vegetable plants species, Karak, Pakistan.

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