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Vol. 12(9) pp. 238-245, September 2018 DOI: 10.5897/AJFS2017.1662 Article Number: 8A1BA3058096 ISSN: 1996-0794 Copyright ©2018 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/AJFS
African Journal of Food Science
Full Length Research Paper
Proximate composition, physical characteristics and mineral content of fruit, pulp and seeds of Parinari curatellifolia (Maula) from Central Malawi Lesten Eliez Chisomo Chatepa1*, Kingsley Masamba2 and Macdonald Jose1 1
Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi. 2 Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food and Human Sciences, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi. Received 6 October, 2017; Accepted 5 July, 2018
In this study, proximate composition, physical characteristics and mineral content of fruit, pulp and seeds of Parinari curatellifolia (Maula) fruits from Bunda forests in Central Malawi were determined. Proximate composition included crude protein, crude fat and crude fiber, while physical characteristics included mass, length, thickness of whole fruit and kernels and minerals included potassium, magnesium, manganese, copper, zinc, iron and phosphorus. Total carbohydrate contents were also determined. All the results have been presented on dry matter basis. Results on crude protein ranged from 3.9±0.03 to 15.61±0.05% with pulp registering the lowest values (P0.05) kernels, peels, pulp and (P
