PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES OF RIPE FRUIT PULP OF BRASSUS ABEIER LINN. AND ITS NATURAL COLOURANTS
Abstract
- de due to the increased awareness on therapeutic and medicinal properties and their benefits and also because of profound effects of synthetic dyes. This study was conducted to evaluate the food colourants from ripe fruit pulp of Borassus flabellifer L. (Htan), family Arecaceae. These plants are abundantly found in Myanmar and have many medicinal and economic values. The plant specimens used in this research were collected from Dalla Township, Yangon Region. Botanical identification of the plant was recorded with photo images. In this study, the colorants produced from fresh fruit pulp and powdered sample of Borassus flabellifer L. were used with powdered rice and agar to get rice cakes and agar desserts. The present study deals with the phytochemical and physicochemical screenings and nutritional values of ripe fruit pulp of Borassus flabellifer L. The phytochemical screenings revealed the presence of several phytochemicals. The phytochemical tests show the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, carbohydrates, reducing sugar and absence of cyanogenic glycosides. The physico-chemical properties of powdered ripe fruit pulp were investigated by using different solvents according to WHO guidelines. Nutritional value of ripe fruit pulp was investigated and shown that the presence of carbohydrate, sugar, protein, fats and vitamin C.
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Year
- 2018
Author
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Khin Win Kyi
Subject
- Botany
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)