Nutritional Composition, Minerals, Vitamin C and Antioxidant Analysis of Yellow Mombin (Spondias mombin L.) Nut

• Authors: Edet O. Odokwo , Ngozi M. Uzoekwe
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The nutritional, mineral, Vitamin C and antioxidant capacity profiling of the nut of Spondias mombin has been carried out. The nut of S. mombin (NSM) was extracted from its fruit and then profiled quantitatively for its nutritional, mineral and vitamin C contents using the AOAC standard procedures. The antioxidant capacity of the methanol extract of NSM was carried out using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical assay and ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) techniques. The nut was found to have nutritional facts of: moisture content (12.24±0.06%), lipid content (1.69±0.01%), fibre content (45.27±0.32%), protein content (5.69±0.04%), ash content (0.41±0.02%) and carbohydrate content (34.70±0.33%). The mineral content in mg/g of sample was found to contain: K (7.014), Na (2.966), Ca (1.333), Mg (0.690), Fe (0.131), Cu (0.079), Zn (0.015), Cd (0.004) and Cr (0.009). Pb was not detected. The vitamin C content was 3.89 mg, DPPH antioxidant potential increases as concentration of NSM increases from 25.00 µg/ml to 400 µg/mL and FRAP was observed at 400 μg/ml NSM to be 75.304±0.002 mgAAE. The nut of S. mombin has shown to be good sources for alternative nutrition and as a base for minerals rich in cellular ions. The nut of S. mombin has exhibited antioxidant capacity which can be attributed to the presence of some vital phytoconstituents.

Keywords

EN

Proximate; Spondias mombin; Vitamin C; antioxidant; minerals

Discipline

• BIOCHEMISTRY: BIOCHEMISTRY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 53
• Pages: 86-93

Contributors

author

Edet O. Odokwo

• Department of Chemistry, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

author

Ngozi M. Uzoekwe

• Department of Physical Sciences, Benson Idahosa University, Edo State, Nigeria

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