National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is an annual crop, it is a pseudo cereal but its grains belong to cereals because of their similar use and chemical composition. Buckwheat grains and other tissues contain numerous neutraceutical compounds. A Comparative study on Nutritional profile and Antinutrients of buckwheat fractions was conducted at Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The chemical analysis of buckwheat fractions buckwheat whole (BW), buckwheat groats (BG) and buckwheat husk (BH )for proximate composition revealed significant difference for moisture, fat, ash, protein, fibre and energy. Protein was significantly higher in BG (14.88g/100g) than BW (11.34g/100g) and BH (9.91g/100g). It was observed that all three fractions of buckwheat exhibited almost similar values of carbohydrate content which ranged from 66.35g/100g in BW to 71.25g/100g in BH. The significant difference was found between fractions for calcium, Iron, and Zinc. In case of calcium, BH recorded higher value 149.66 ppm than BW and BG (76.80 ppm and 38.13 ppm). The anti-nutritional factors viz., tannin and phytic acid were analyzed in all flour fractions. Tannin content was found to be highest in BH (5.54%) than BW (4.15%) and BG (4.15%). The phytic acid content was found lowest in BG (6.23%) than BW (18.36%) and BH (18.30%) and the difference was significant (p >0.05).
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