Nutritional Evaluation of a Wild Edible Fruit Mondia whitei (Hook .f.) Skeels Consumed by Some Human Populations in Izzi Clan, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Amaechi Nuria Chinonyerem, Egesi Nkeiruka Maryjane
Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research · pp. 1–9 · Published 30 Nov 2017
10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37153Abstract
Mondia whitei fruit is consumed as a wild edible fruit by some human populations in Izzi land in Ebonyi State South-East Nigeria. There is dearth of information on its nutritional value, therefore a study was conducted by evaluating its proximate composition, sugar, mineral, vitamins and phytochemical contents on fresh weight basis. Results indicated a high moisture content of 88.20% while total sugar content was 15.70% and reducing sugars had a value of 9.63%. Its energy value was 40.80 KCal/100 g. It had very low riboflavin content but thiamin and niacin had values of 1.53 mg/100 g and 3.04 mg/100 g. Results also indicated the presence of antioxidant vitamins C and E which had values of 14.50 mg/100 g and 2.45 µg/g respectively. Potassium and sodium were the most abundant mineral elements analyzed. It had insignificant amount of antinutritional phytochemicals, hence the fruit is not toxic for human consumption.
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