Comparison of proximate, mineral and phytochemical composition of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) landraces used for a different purpose

Abstract

Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is one of the oldest cultivated food security crops inEthiopia. There are a number of enset landraces used for traditional medicine. These landraces are believed to have better minerals and phytochemical compositions, which are not proved scientifically. The objective of this study was to compare the proximate, mineral and phytochemical compositions of corms of enset landraces used for treating bones illness traditionally, and two other landraces having another use value. Laboratory analysis was made by following standard methods, and the data determined were analyzed using SAS statistical software. Enset landraces, Kibnar and Guarye showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher protein content (4.74 and 4.06%), while Astara and Guarye were superior in phosphorus content (127.41 and 116.38 m g -2 ) respectively. Similarly, the highest zinc and tannin contents (8.52 and 153.94 m g -2 ) were obtained from Astara and Kibnar landraces respectively. On the other hand, Amerat landrace showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher crude fibre content. The three landraces used for traditional medicine showed better performances in protein, phosphorus, zinc and tannin contents than the other two landraces.

Hepatoprotective Effect of Corm of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman Extract against Isoniazid and Rifampicin Induced Hepatotoxicity in Swiss Albino Mice

“…is may be due to synergistic activities of phytochemicals in the hydromethanolic corm of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman extract which have the capability to decreasing CYP2E1 enzymatic activity of alkaloid [38], antioxidative, and free radical scavenging properties of tannin, important in protecting cellular oxidative damage including lipid peroxidation [39,40], antioxidant action by enzyme zinc-dependent superoxide dismutase [21,32], hepatoprotective activity via modulation of its antioxidant of saponin [41,42], and flavonoid [43].…”

“…Cheesman belongs to the monocotyledonous and monocarpic family Musaceae and is an herbaceous perennial plant [20]. It is the source of more than 10 minerals which include calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) [20,21].…”

“…Cheesman is used in traditional for treating liver diseases, expel of the placenta, treatment of cough, dysentery, healing of the bone fracture, diabetes, kidney stone, and dysuria, and antimicrobial activity against viral, bacterial, fungal, and nematode diseases of humans [22][23][24]. Several minerals and phytochemicals in the extract corm of the Ensete genus have the capability of the cell-protective effect via scavenging free radicals and boosting the antioxidant defense system (AODS) [21,[25][26][27][28], but no study is performed on its hepatoprotective effect yet.…”

Influence of fermentation time on proximate composition and microbial loads of Enset, (Ensete ventricosum), sampled from two different agroecological districts

“…The lower ash content toward the increase of fermentation time could be attributed to leaching of the minerals through permeable fermentation pit, and this is observed by different scholars. However, similar percentage of total ash content across different varieties and fermentation time were indicated (Bekele, 2015 ; Gizachew et al., 2019 ). Similar total ash content was reported by other studies (Fanta & Neela, 2019 ).…”

“…In all Enset‐growing areas, Enset is the most frequently served main meal, with a daily average consumption of 0.5 kg, which provides 68% of the total energy intake, 28% iron, but no vitamin A content(Borrell et al., 2020 ). The nutritional composition depends on factors such as type or variety of the Enset (Bosha et al., 2016 ; Gizachew et al., 2019 ; Yemata, 2020 ). Kocho and bulla are the two major foods produced from Enset in Ethiopia.…”