野生可食用淡水巨型植物的营养价值
Muta Harah Zakaria1,2, Shiamala Devi Ramaiya3, Nordiah Bidin1
1Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
PeerJ
|July 17, 2023
概括
野生淡水植物,如艾希霍尼亚,Limnocharis flava和海王星,是营养丰富的食物来源. 分析显示高蛋白质,必需矿物质和有益的人类食用营养素.
科学领域:
- 植物学和植物科学 植物学和植物科学
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 野生淡水巨型植物被广泛接受为当地蔬菜.
- 这些植物提供了各种用途,包括人类消费.
- 这项研究侧重于三个特定的物种:Eichhornia crassipes,Limnocharis flava和海王星.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定三种淡水巨型植物物种的近距离组成.
- 为了分析Eichhornia crassipes,Limnocharis flava和Neptunia oleracea的矿物质含量.
- 评估这些植物作为人类潜在食物来源的营养价值.
主要方法:
- 在马来西亚的特定地点收集了Eichhornia crassipes,Limnocharis flava和Neptunia oleracea的年轻芽.
- 用官方分析化学家协会的标准协议分析了营养价值.
- 为了准确分析,使用了每个物种的多个复制品.
主要成果:
- 尼普图尼亚树 (Neptunia oleracea) 的原蛋白 (29.61%) 和能量含量最高.
- 林诺卡里斯的黄油含有最高的原油脂肪 (5.75%) 和灰 (18.31%).
- 所有物种都富含碳水化合物,和,铜含量较低.
结论:
- 艾赫霍尼亚,海王星和林诺卡里斯是有价值的植物性宏观营养素和微量营养素来源.
- 这些巨细胞代表了人类饮食的有益补充.
- 这项研究证实了这些野生淡水植物的营养潜力.
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