Nutritional and antinutritional composition of vegetable and grain amaranth leaves

Prakash, Dhan; Pal, Mohinder

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“…Vegetable amaranth is equal or superior in taste to spinach (Spinacia oleracea), which has higher carotenoids (90-200 mg kg −1 ), protein (14-30%), and ascorbic acid (28 mg 100 g −1 ) (Abbott & Campbell, 1982;Prakash & Pal, 1991). Some amaranth species contains 11.94 mg β-carotene, 43 mg vitamin C, 374 mg Ca, 5.0 g carbohydrate, 5.3 g protein, 0.1 g fat, and 43 kcal per 100 g of dry edible portion (Begum, 2000;Makus, 1984;Shittu et al, 2006;Shukla et al, 2005).…”

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“…Amaranthus species are severe weeds in crop fields, which significantly reduce yield and quality (Guo & Al-Khatib, 2003;Holm et al, 1977). Many Amaranthus species have been cultivated as vegetable and grain in many countries and are popularly consumed as vegetable in Africa, Bangladesh, Caribbean, China, Greece, India, Nepal, and South Pacific Islands (Begum, 2000;Prakash & Pal, 1991;Stalknecht & Schulz-Schaeffer, OPEN ACCESS amaranth lines for developing management practices in Okinawa.…”

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Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan

Ohshiro

Hossain

Nakamura

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Plant Production Science

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Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan

Ohshiro

Hossain

Nakamura

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Plant Production Science

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“…Vegetable amaranth is an indispensable source of nutrition, especially protein for vegetarian people in developing countries. Vegetable and grain Amaranthus species are tolerant to infestation by herbivorous insects under field conditions, and Amaranthus can grow successfully under varied soil and agro-climatic conditions (Angel and Paulina, 2011;Brenner et al, 2010;Prakash and Pal, 1991). Currently, grain amaranths are cultivated in many parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, India and China.…”

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Comparison of Genetic Diversity among Amaranth Accessions from South and Southeast Asia using SSR Markers

Wang¹,

Park²

2013

Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science

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: This study was conducted to assess the genetic diversity and population structure of 70 amaranth accessions collected from South and Southeast Asia using 14 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In total, 67 alleles were detected, with an average of 4.79 per locus. Rare alleles comprised a large portion (46.3%) of the detected alleles, and 29 unique alleles associated with rice accessions were also discovered. The mean major allele frequency (MAF), genetic diversity (GD) and polymorphic information content (PIC) of the 14 SSR loci were 0.77, 0.36, and 0.34, respectively. A model-based structural analysis revealed the presence of three subpopulations. The genetic relationships revealed by the neighbor-joining tree method were fairly consistent with the structure-based membership assignments for most of the accessions. All 70 accessions showed a clear relationship to each cluster without any admixtures. We observed a relatively low extent of genetic exchange within or among amaranth species from South and Southeast Asia. The genetic diversity results could be used to identify amaranth germplasms and so facilitate their use for crop improvement.

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“…Ils ont de ce fait un intérêt nutritionnel dans la lutte contre les carences en micronutriments [3]. Les teneurs en fer de l'amarante (Amaranthus cruentus) et de la corète (Corchorus olitorius) sont de 22 à 77 mg/100 g de matière sèche [4,5]. La teneur en β-carotène de la morelle noire (Solanum scabrum) est de 3943,03 ± 0,89 µg /100 g par rapport au produit brut [6].…”

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Disponibilite, modes et frequence de consommation des legumes traditionnels Africains dans quatre localites du Burkina Faso a diverses activites de maraichage: Ouagadougou, Koubri, Loumbila, Kongoussi

Hama-Ba¹,

Parkouda²,

Kamga³

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RESUME :Les légumes traditionnels constituent une source importante de nutriments pour les ménages des pays en développement. La présente étude s'est intéressée à la diversité, à la disponibilité, et aux modes de consommation des légumes traditionnels africains dans des localités à diverses activités de maraîchage au Burkina Faso. Des enquêtes de consommation alimentaire ont été réalisées auprès de 400 ménages dans quatre localités: Ouagadougou, Loumbila, Koubri et Kongoussi. Quatre principaux légumes sont retrouvés en toute saison dans les différentes localités : l'oseille (Hibiscus sabdariffa), la corète (Corchorus olitorius), l'amarante leaves were available all the yearlong. The frequency of consumption was once a week for more than 50% of households in the areas of low market gardening activity in Ouagadougou, Loumbila and Koubri. In Kongoussi, more than 45% of households consumed okra (Abelmoschus callei), jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius) leaves, sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa) leaves and bean (Vigna unguiculata) leaves more than once a week. The market was the source of supply for 71% of surveyed households. The season, the socio-cultural origin and dietary habits were the main factors influencing the choice of vegetables. Freshness was the main preference index for vegetables. As regards the use of vegetables in the households, 74.25% of households washed vegetables two to three times and finely sliced them just at the time of cooking. Three main modes of consumption mentioned were sauce, soup and stew. Sauce was the main consumption mode and cooking was preceded by boiling as reported by 97.25% of the households. Nearly 62.50%, 53.33% and 45.22% of households, respectively in Koubri, Loumbila and Ouagadougou started vegetable preparation by whitewashing and discarding the residual liquid afterwards. In Ouagadougou and Kongoussi, respectively 66.67% and 33.65% of households conducting whitewashing were non-natives. The nutritional significance and the antioxidant effect of the vegetables were confirmed by nearly 87% of respondents. The study concludes that the market gardening activity positively influences the availability, diversity and frequency of vegetables consumption in households. However, sensitization sessions on postharvest practices and vegetable processing procedures are necessary to better take advantage of the nutrition facts.

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Nutritional and antinutritional composition of vegetable and grain amaranth leaves

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Cited by 78 publications

References 4 publications

Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan

Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan

Comparison of Genetic Diversity among Amaranth Accessions from South and Southeast Asia using SSR Markers

Disponibilite, modes et frequence de consommation des legumes traditionnels Africains dans quatre localites du Burkina Faso a diverses activites de maraichage: Ouagadougou, Koubri, Loumbila, Kongoussi

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