1. NUTRITIONAL AND ANTINUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF INDIGENOUS ETHIOPIAN OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS) SEED ACCESSIONS
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Habtamu, F.G., Haki, G.D., Fekadu, B., Rakshit, S.K., and Ashagrie, Z.W.
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Okra -- Nutritional aspects -- Comparative analysis ,Vegetable seeds -- Nutritional aspects -- Comparative analysis ,Agricultural industry ,Food/cooking/nutrition ,Health - Abstract
Okra, of high nutritional potential, is one of the underutilized indigenous vegetables in Ethiopia. A food based-intervention specifically dietary diversification is an affordable and sustainable strategy to meet the demand of adequate food supply and population growth. One way of ensuring dietary diversity is to search and promote underutilized indigenous plant species such as okra. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine nutritional and anti-nutritional factors content of the seeds of eight okra accessions (OPA#1, OPA#2, OPA#3, OPA#4, OPA#5, OPA#6, OPA#7 and OPA#8) grown at Assosa Agricultural Research Center in Benishangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia. Molar ratios of the seeds were also calculated and compared to the critical values to predict the mineral bioavailability. All the analyses were conducted using official standard procedures and grade standard reagents. The results of this study revealed that the proximate composition (g/100 g) of the seed accessions varied significantly (P Key words: Okra, Seed, Accession, Proximate composition, Minerals, Anti-nutritional factors, INTRODUCTION Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a vegetable crop that belongs to the Malvaceae family and which originated in Ethiopia [1]. Okra is now widely spread and grown in tropical, sub-tropical [...]
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- 2018
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