Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak

Canarium odontophyllum, Litsea garciae and Artocarpus odoratissimus are among of the indigenous edible fruits that can be found in Sarawak and these highly seasonal fruits are very popular among local people. The fruits collected from different Divisions in Sarawak were analysed for their nutriti...

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Main Author:	Poli, Musfirah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	SB Plant culture
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10924/1/Firus%20Musfirah%20Poli%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.109242023-06-22T02:05:03Z Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak 2015 Poli, Musfirah SB Plant culture Canarium odontophyllum, Litsea garciae and Artocarpus odoratissimus are among of the indigenous edible fruits that can be found in Sarawak and these highly seasonal fruits are very popular among local people. The fruits collected from different Divisions in Sarawak were analysed for their nutritional properties. The properties analysed include proximate analysis such as moisture content, ash content, crude fat, crude fiber and vitamin C. The results show that both pulps and kernels of C. odontophyllum, L. garciae and A. odoratissimus proved to be important sources of necessary nutrients for human diet. Mineral content in the fruit pulps analysed using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) shows that potassium (K) is the major element detected in all fruit samples with the highest abundance was detected in the pulps of C. odontophyllum (6116.47–10814.84 mg/kg). The samples are also rich in calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sodium (Na). Both the fruit pulps and kernels were extracted using Soxhlet extractor and the fatty acids in the oils were esterified prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major components occurred in all pulp oils are palmitic acid (C16:0), linoleic acid (C18:2n6c) and oleic acid (C18:1n9c). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10924/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10924/1/Firus%20Musfirah%20Poli%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Resources Science and Technology
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language	English
topic	SB Plant culture
spellingShingle	SB Plant culture Poli, Musfirah Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
description	Canarium odontophyllum, Litsea garciae and Artocarpus odoratissimus are among of the indigenous edible fruits that can be found in Sarawak and these highly seasonal fruits are very popular among local people. The fruits collected from different Divisions in Sarawak were analysed for their nutritional properties. The properties analysed include proximate analysis such as moisture content, ash content, crude fat, crude fiber and vitamin C. The results show that both pulps and kernels of C. odontophyllum, L. garciae and A. odoratissimus proved to be important sources of necessary nutrients for human diet. Mineral content in the fruit pulps analysed using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) shows that potassium (K) is the major element detected in all fruit samples with the highest abundance was detected in the pulps of C. odontophyllum (6116.47–10814.84 mg/kg). The samples are also rich in calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sodium (Na). Both the fruit pulps and kernels were extracted using Soxhlet extractor and the fatty acids in the oils were esterified prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major components occurred in all pulp oils are palmitic acid (C16:0), linoleic acid (C18:2n6c) and oleic acid (C18:1n9c).
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Poli, Musfirah
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title	Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
title_short	Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
title_full	Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
title_fullStr	Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak
title_sort	chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from sarawak
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Resources Science and Technology
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10924/1/Firus%20Musfirah%20Poli%20ft.pdf
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Chemical composition of artocarpus odoratissimus, canarium odontophyllum and litsea garciae fruits from Sarawak

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