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Morphological characterization of baobab (Adansonia Digitata) fruit, pectin and some sugars of baobab pulp from different locations in Sudan
Other Title(s)
الخصائص الفيزيائية لثمار التبلديالبكتين و محتوى السكريات للب التبلدي من مناطق مختلفة في السودان
Joint Authors
Barakah, Barakah Muhammad Kabir
Idris, Yusuf Muhammad Ahmad
Mustafa, Salma al-Ghali
Ibrahim, Salma al-Zayn
Source
Journal of Science and Technology : in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Issue
Vol. 20, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.68-79, 12 p.
Publisher
Sudan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Scientific Research
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aims of this study were to evaluate morphological characteristic of baobab fruit, extract and determine of pectin and some sugars in baobab fruit pulp.
Baobab fruit samples were collected from El Obeid, Umm Ruwaba, Damazin and Nyala.
The fruit pulp was obtained by breaking the capsules manually, then the seeds were removed and pulp powder was sieved using appropriate mesh.
Length, width, thickness of fruit , weight of pulp, weight of seed, number of seed, weight of red fiber and weight of epicarp of samples were determined.
Pectin was extracted using water based extraction method.
Glucose, fructose and sucrose were determined by HPLC.
The results of physical characterization showed high significant differences (P<0.05) in, morphological characteristics (length, width, weight, weight of pulp, weight of seed, number of seed, weight of red fiber and weight of epicarp) within fruits from the same location and between those from different locations studied.
The highest pectin yield (54.99%) was recorded in sample from Damazin followed by Umm Ruwaba (46.65%), El Obeid (43.93%) and Nyala (40.75%).
Glucose content ranged between 1.32-5.32 mg/100g, while fructose and sucrose ranges were 2.33-5.07mg/100g and 13.00-19.44mg/100g, respectively.
Moreover, this study exposed high significant variation of physical characteristics, pectin and sugars profile between fruits from different locations was observed.
The finding suggests that Sudanese baobab fruit pulp is rich in pectin and could be a potential thickener of beverages, gelling and emulsifying agents and could stimulate growth of beneficial organisms and may be useful as functional food ingredient
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ibrahim, Salma al-Zayn& Idris, Yusuf Muhammad Ahmad& Barakah, Barakah Muhammad Kabir& Mustafa, Salma al-Ghali. 2019. Morphological characterization of baobab (Adansonia Digitata) fruit, pectin and some sugars of baobab pulp from different locations in Sudan. Journal of Science and Technology : in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences،Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.68-79.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ibrahim, Salma al-Zayn…[et al.]. Morphological characterization of baobab (Adansonia Digitata) fruit, pectin and some sugars of baobab pulp from different locations in Sudan. Journal of Science and Technology : in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jun. 2019), pp.68-79.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1440447
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ibrahim, Salma al-Zayn& Idris, Yusuf Muhammad Ahmad& Barakah, Barakah Muhammad Kabir& Mustafa, Salma al-Ghali. Morphological characterization of baobab (Adansonia Digitata) fruit, pectin and some sugars of baobab pulp from different locations in Sudan. Journal of Science and Technology : in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences. 2019. Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.68-79.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1440447
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 77-78
Record ID
BIM-1440447