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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Evaluation of some nutritional characteristics of Indian almond (Prunus amygdalus) nut
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, Volume 5, No. 4, Year 2006
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The study of nutritional characteristics of Indian almond (Prunus amygdalus) showed the proximate composition to be: 97.70% dry matter, 11.52±1.10% crude protein, 6.76±0.72% ash, 5.09±0.84% crude fibre, and 21.76±1.20% fat and 54.87±2.80% carbohydrate. The antinutrient composition was found to be 0.25% phytin, 0.07% phytin phosphorus, 0.04% cyanide, 1.82%Tannin. Its fatty acid and mineral contents were 0.65% oleic acid, 0.19% phosphorus, 0.17% potassium, 0.25%magnesium, 245.65ppm sodium, 845.45ppm calcium, 92.12ppm zinc, 70.62ppm iron and 9.21ppm copper. © Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Agunbiade, Shadrach O.
Nigeria, Ado-ekiti
University of Ado-ekiti
Olanlokun, John Oludele
Nigeria, Ado-ekiti
University of Ado-ekiti
Statistics
Citations: 66
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3923/pjn.2006.316.318
ISSN:
16805194