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Variations in Vitamin Composition of Four Accessions of Dialium guineense (L.) Fruit Pulp

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  • Awotedu B.F
  • Awotedu O. L
  • Ogunbamowo P. O
  • Chukwudebe E. P
  • Ariwoola O. S

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Dialium guineense is an important medicinal plant used in fighting diverse diseases because of the presence of vitamin c it contains. This study is aimed at varying the vitamin composition of Dialium guineense fruit pulp obtained from four accessions from different geopolitical locations (South-West, South-South, South-East, North-Central) in Nigeria. Different vitamins were considered which includes; Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C and Vitamin E. The vitamin composition of D. guineense fruit pulp were done according to the standard biochemical method. The result obtained for all the four accessions shows varying quantities in the vitamins investigated. Vitamin C has the highest amount in varying quantities with the trend: North-Central (Abuja) ˃ South-South (Edo) ˃ South-West (Oyo) ˃ South-East (Abia), while Vitamin A: North-Central (Abuja) ˃ South-West (Oyo) ˃ South-South (Edo) ˃ South-East (Abia), Vitamin B12: South-West (Oyo) ˃ North-Central (Abuja) ˃ South-South (Edo) ˃ South-East (Abia), and Vitamin E: South-South (Edo) ˃ South-West (Oyo) ˃ North-Central (Abuja) ˃ South-East (Abia). These accessions of D. guineense were high in Vitamin C, followed by Vitamin A, then Vitamin E, and Vitamin B12. The presence of all these vitamins are good indices that D. guineense is a very rich nutritional and medicinal plant with high potentials of vitamin content considering different accessions.

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  • Awotedu B.F & Awotedu O. L & Ogunbamowo P. O & Chukwudebe E. P & Ariwoola O. S, 2020. "Variations in Vitamin Composition of Four Accessions of Dialium guineense (L.) Fruit Pulp," Current Research in Agricultural Sciences, Conscientia Beam, vol. 7(1), pages 31-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkp:criasc:v:7:y:2020:i:1:p:31-39:id:132
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