Effect of Harvesting Stage on Proximate Composition and Mineral Content of <i>Portulaca quadrifida L</i>. Grown in Metekel, Western Ethiopia

Dessie Almaw Cherie; Lejalem Abeble Dagnaw

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Effect of Harvesting Stage on Proximate Composition and Mineral Content of Portulaca quadrifida L. Grown in Metekel, Western Ethiopia

Dessie Almaw Cherie, Lejalem Abeble Dagnaw

Published in Journal of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 1)

Received: 4 February 2021 Accepted: 10 March 2021 Published: 17 March 2021

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P. quadrifida is a juicy, mat-forming species and a widespread weed, which is highly appreciated for its high nutritional and medicinal value. It has been used as a nutrition and medicine since thousands of years ago. This is an important wild herb naturally found as a weed in field crops found in the world especially in India. In Ethiopia, particularly in western part of the country, societies use this plant aerial part as a food without perceive the nutritional quality and its appropriate harvesting stage. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of three harvesting stage on proximate composition and mineral content of the vegetable. All extracts showed noticeable amount of moisture, ash, crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, carbohydrate, and minerals content (Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Iron, Potassium, and sodium) of this vegetable at each optimum harvesting stage. The proximate composition and mineral content of this leafy vegetable aerial part was evaluated and the result of mean value obtained were showed as follow: moisture (81.17 - 89.25%), crude proteins (1.187 - 2.186%), crude fibers (1.483 - 2.157%), ash (1.814 - 2.41%), carbohydrates (2.866 - 12.916%), crude fat (0.117 - 0.16%) and food energy (19.18 - 57.85 kcal/100g). The mineral contents were good with significant amount of K (211.70- 249), Ca (109.25 -133.21), Mg (63.04 - 84.74), P (103.71 - 136.14), Na (61.96 - 83.90) and Fe (3.06 - 4.34) mg/100g of extracted sample. The studied vegetable has low fat content at all harvesting stage. The herb has energetic values of 57.85kcal/100g at post-flowering followed by pre-flowering with energy value of 30.39kcal/100g and flowering stage having the least energy value of 19.18 k cal/100g in the food.

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DOI	10.11648/j.jcebe.20210501.12
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Growth Stage, Minerals content, Portulaca quadrifida, and Proximate Composition

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Dessie Almaw Cherie, Lejalem Abeble Dagnaw. Effect of Harvesting Stage on Proximate Composition and Mineral Content of Portulaca quadrifida L. Grown in Metekel, Western Ethiopia. J Chem Environ Biol Eng. 2021;5(1):5-8. doi: 10.11648/j.jcebe.20210501.12

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Dessie Almaw Cherie

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Assosa Agricultural Research Center, Assosa, Ethiopia
Lejalem Abeble Dagnaw

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Assosa Agricultural Research Center, Assosa, Ethiopia

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AU  - Dessie Almaw Cherie
AU  - Lejalem Abeble Dagnaw
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VL  - 5
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