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Biochemical and antioxidant activity of wild edible fruits of the eastern Himalaya, India

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Title Biochemical and antioxidant activity of wild edible fruits of the eastern Himalaya, India
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Creator Heiplanmi Rymbai
Veerendra Kumar Verma
Hammylliende Talang
S. Ruth Assumi
M. Bilashini Devi
Vanlalruati
Rumki Heloise CH. Sangma
Kamni Paia Biam
L. Joymati Chanu
Badapmain Makdoh
A. Ratankumar Singh
Joiedevivreson Mawleiñ
Samarendra Hazarika
Vinay Kumar Mishra
 
Subject wild edible fruits, bioactive compounds, pigmentation, processing, value addition, livelihood, diversity, conservation
 
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The eastern Himalayas, one of the important hotspots of global biodiversity, have
a rich diversity of wild edible fruit trees. The fruits of these tree species have
been consumed by the tribal people since time immemorial. However, there
is limited information available on the biochemical and antioxidant properties
of the fruits. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study the
physico-chemical and antioxidant properties of the nine most important wild
fruit trees. Among the species, Pyrus pashia had the maximum fruit weight
(37.83 g), while the highest juice (43.72%) and pulp content (84.67%) were noted
in Haematocarpus validus and Myrica esculenta, respectively. Maximum total
soluble solids (18.27%), total sugar (11.27%), moisture content (88.39%), ascorbic
acid content (63.82 mg/100 g), total carotenoids (18.47 mg/100 g), and total
monomeric anthocyanin (354.04 mg/100 g) were recorded in H. validus. Docynia
indica had the highest total phenolic content (19.37 mg GAE/g), while H. validus
recorded the highest total flavonoids and flavanol content. The antioxidant
activities of the different fruits ranged from 0.17 to 0.67 IC50 for DPPH activity and
3.59–13.82 mg AAE/g for FRAP. These fruits had attractive pigmentation of both
pulp and juice and were a good potential source for the extraction of natural
edible color in the food industry. The fruits also possess high market prices;
Prunus nepalensis fetched $ 34.10–$ 141.5 per tree. Therefore, these fruits are
rich sources of antioxidants, pigments and have a high market value for livelihood
and nutritional security
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Date 2023-06-13T05:25:45Z
2023-06-13T05:25:45Z
2023-03-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/78253
 
Language English
 
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