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Essential minerals and phytic acid in legumes with reference to their nutritive and medicinal properties

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dc.contributor.author Ahmed, Salman
dc.contributor.author Bin Zafar Mahmood, Saad
dc.contributor.author Mohtasheemul Hasan, Muhammad
dc.contributor.author Alam Mahmood, Zafar
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-23T07:50:19Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-23T07:50:19Z
dc.date.issued 2017-09-29
dc.identifier.citation Ahmed, S., Mahmood, S. B. Z., Hasan, M. M., & Mahmood, Z. A. (2017). Essential minerals and phytic acid in legumes with reference to their nutritive and medicinal properties. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 30(5). en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/14095
dc.description.abstract Three commonly used legumes, Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc., Phaseolus lunatus Linn., and Phaseolus vulgaris Linn., were subjected to determine their minerals and phytic acid contents to correlate their nutritional and medicinal properties. To quantify essential minerals, atomic absorption spectroscopic method, while for phytic acid estimation, spectrophotometric method was used. Presence of Fe, Mg, Mn, P and Zn were recorded in good quantities, Ca and Cu in moderate, while K in small quantity in the seed flours of all the three tested legumes. Maximum Fe and Zn content (0.38 and 0.40 mg/g) were recorded in P. vulgaris, while M. uniflorum delivered high content of Mg, Mn, P and Ca (0.21, 0.20, 77.94 and 0.04 mg/g) and 0.04 mg/g Cu was recorded in P. lunatus. The highest level of phytic acid (37.00 mg/g) was recorded in M. uniflorum at 519 nm. The estimated quantities of minerals and phytic acid provide a good opportunity to draw a conclusion that all the three tested legumes could potentially be used as food to achieve nutritional and health related functional benefits. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject Macrotyloma uniflorum en_US
dc.subject Phaseolus lunatus en_US
dc.subject Phaseolus vulgaris en_US
dc.title Essential minerals and phytic acid in legumes with reference to their nutritive and medicinal properties en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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