Proximate Analysis of Selected Rice Varieties Cultivated in the Region of Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa, a member of the Poaceae family) is a staple food in our country as well as whole World. At present, about 40,000 varieties of rice are existing, only a few varieties are cultivated extensively, milled and polished. Manyvarieties of rice like Khanika, Jawahar, Saraswathi, Jalprabha, Neeraja, Bhagirathi, Patnai, IR-36, IR-50, Pankaj, IR-8, Sona, Kunti and others are cultivated in West Bengal in every year. Beside this Nethiya, Khitis, Bumpy gold, Manjeera, Gourav and others are popularly cultivated in our Paschim medinipur district. We were collected Nethiya, Khitis, Bumpy gold, Manjeera and Gourav for proximate nutritional analysis as well as measure the antioxidant activities. These rices contain protein average 6 g % and fat about 0.63 g %. Antioxidant activities of Nethiya, Khitis, Bumpy gold, Gourav is higher than Manjeera. We consume rice but we have no information regarding nutritional value of local rices and antioxidant status so, accurate rice consumption is important aspect for health promotion and diseases prevention.