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Nutritional evaluation of Rhus chinensis Mill. (Heimang) and development of value added products.

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Title Nutritional evaluation of Rhus chinensis Mill. (Heimang) and development of value added products.
 
Creator Memthoi Devi, H.
Iboyaima Singh, N.
 
Subject 04 Medicinal Plants
32 Antioxidants
 
Description Rhus chinensis Mill. is a lesser known highly acidic fruit, traditionally used for its digestive properties and treatment of diarrhea, dysentery and gastrointestinal ailments. In this study, physicochemical characteristics and nutritional properties of different parts of the fruit and development of value added products – R. chinensis tablet and R. chinensis candy and their storability were evaluated. Different parts of the fruit were found to have high content of total fibre-seed (25.97%), pulp (22.83%), whole fruit (22.15%), tablet (15.45%) and candy (14.47%), total fat-seed (36.96%), pulp (20.92%), whole fruit (12.97%), tablet (8.24%) and candy (6.13%) and total acidity-pulp (19.94%), whole fruit (7.28%), seed (3.12%), tablet (3.7%) and candy (3.68%). The major organic acids identified were malic acid, citric acid and ascorbic acid, which are documented for the first time. In comparison to whole fruit and seed, fruit pulp showed the maximum activities of antioxidants, total polyphenols and total flavanoids. These findings suggest that R. chinensis fruit can be considered as a potential functional food or functional food ingredient.
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/13909/1/IJTK%2018%281%29%2016-24.pdf
Memthoi Devi, H. and Iboyaima Singh, N. (2019) Nutritional evaluation of Rhus chinensis Mill. (Heimang) and development of value added products. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 18 (1). pp. 16-24.