The goitre-soil-water-diet relationship: case study in Plateau State, Nigeria

Ubom, Gregory A.

doi:10.1016/0048-9697(91)90246-b

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“…The manganese, sodium, and zinc result showed that Plateau state cucumber had a significantly high content when compared to the other two states. The high mineral content could be attributed to the high mineral content of the soil in Plateau state [21]. This corresponds to the findings of Olatunde and Orisoya [17] that the mineral in the soil correlates with the mineral content of the plant grown on it.…”

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“…Cucumber cultivated from Imo state had the highest crude fiber content while the one cultivated from Rivers State has the least crude fiber content. For the ash content, Plateau state cucumber showed the highest value of 0.69 ± 0.00 mg/100 g and Imo state the least 0.42 ± 0.1 mg/100 g. This may be due to the low mineral content of Imo state soil [16] and the high mineral content of Plateau state soil [21], since the ash content measures the mineral content of a given sample [18]. The result of fat ranges from 0.30 ± 0.01 mg/100 g and 0.12 ± 0.00 mg/100 g, with Plateau State having the highest fat content and Imo state the least fat content.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nutritional Value of Cucumber Cultivated in Three Selected States of Nigeria

Bw¹,

Nwachoko²,

Gn³

2017

Biochem Anal Biochem

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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) which was only cultivated in Northern Nigeria in the past, is now cultivated in other parts of Nigeria. However there is no data to show the nutritional quality of cucumber as it relates to the location of cultivation. This research involved the cultivation of cucumber in three selected states of Nigeria, (Rivers, Imo and Plateau State) with the same variety, same technique and treatment. At ten weeks after planting, the cucumber was harvested. The fruit were observed, their quantity, weight and length measured and recorded. The proximate analysis was carried out using standard laboratory technique; mineral analysis (K + , Na + , Ca, Cu, Mg, Mn and Zn) was analyzed using the Atomic Absorption spectrophotometer technique.The result of the physical appearance showed no difference. Also the result of proximate analysis showed that the cucumber cultivated in Plateau State differ significantly at P<0.05 in moisture, protein, crude fiber, ash and fat content when compared with cucumber cultivated in Imo and Rivers States. The result of the mineral analysis showed that cucumber cultivated in Rivers state had the highest value in Ca and Mg content and cucumber cultivated in Plateau State had the highest value in K + , Cu, Mn, Na + and Zn content. The result revealed that cucumber cultivated in Plateau State significantly differ in mineral content. Thus we may say that location is an important factor that could reflect on the nutritional quality of the cucumber.

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confidence: 64%

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confidence: 99%

Nutritional Value of Cucumber Cultivated in Three Selected States of Nigeria

Bw¹,

Nwachoko²,

Gn³

2017

Biochem Anal Biochem

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“…Compared to other studies of iodine in drinking water, these results were of noticeable importance. Iodine concentrations in drinking water reported from areas with high incidence of goiter in the population have been quite low; 4 mg/L in Mali (Fisch et al, 1993), 0 to 1 mg/L in water from two places in Nigeria (Ubom, 1991) and õ2 mg/L in water from Nepal and India (Clugston and Hetzel, 1994). However, tap water form Lake Awasa contained as little as 3 mg I/L.…”

Section: Water Samplesmentioning

confidence: 96%