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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Nutritional profiling of wild areal tubers of Dioscorea bulbifera L. from Maharashtra, India
Authors
Ruchita Gandhi, Tripty Jagtap, Neha Kopare, Rupali Shirsat, Deepak Koche
Abstract
Dioscorea bulbifera is a wild twiner from family Dioscoreaceae with edible areal tubers. The forest dwellers and tribals were found to use these tubers as food during food crises, especially in Asian and African countries. Present study is an attempt to analyze nutritional profile (the physic-chemical, proximate content, amino acid profile, mineral and vitamin content) and phytochemicals in the edible areal tubers of D. bulbifera collected from three different forest areas of Maharashtra (India). It was found that, the tubers contains significant amount of proximate content, minerals and vitamins with good amino acid profile, but also noted to have some anti-nutrient factors like phytic acid. Hence, it is suggested that aerial tubers of this plant could be effectively use as supplementary food material during food scarcity.
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Pages:458-462
How to cite this article:
Ruchita Gandhi, Tripty Jagtap, Neha Kopare, Rupali Shirsat, Deepak Koche "Nutritional profiling of wild areal tubers of <em>Dioscorea bulbifera</em> L. from Maharashtra, India ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 458-462
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