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 |
A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous quantitation of water-soluble vitamins like ascorbic acid (C), thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6) and folic acid (B9) in five potent wild edible fruits named Morus indica, Meynalaxi flora, Solanum gilo, Solanum kurzii and Viburnum foetidum, consumed by the tribal people of North-eastern region in India. The experimental results showed that for different fruits, the vitamin C content ranged between 6.23 ± 0.04 and 51.59 ±0.40 mg/100g dry plant materials. The B1 content was determined high in M. laxiflora (1.10± 0.010 mg/100g and minimum in the fruits of S. kurzii. A significant amount of B3 (15.04 ± 0.08 mg/100gm) and good amount of B2 (1.44 ±0.006 mg/100gm) and B9 (0.95 ±0.0 mg/100gm) were detected in M. laxiflora. The results of investigation showed that these fruits are rich sources of vitamins that can contribute immensely to nutrition and food security. The high percentage of recovery and low limit of detection confirm the suitability of the method for simultaneous quantification of vitamins in these five fruits.
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