Biochemical and antioxidant activity of wild edible fruits of the eastern Himalaya, India

The eastern Himalayas, one of the important hotspots of global biodiversity, have a rich diversity of wild edible fruit trees. The fruits of these tree species have been consumed by the tribal people since time immemorial. However, there is limited information available on the biochemical and antiox...

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Published in:	Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) Vol. 10; p. 1039965
Main Authors:	Rymbai, Heiplanmi, Verma, Veerendra Kumar, Talang, Hammylliende, Assumi, S Ruth, Devi, M Bilashini, Vanlalruati, Sangma, Rumki Heloise Ch, Biam, Kamni Paia, Chanu, L Joymati, Makdoh, Badapmain, Singh, A Ratankumar, Mawleiñ, Joiedevivreson, Hazarika, Samarendra, Mishra, Vinay Kumar
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 01-03-2023
Subjects:	bioactive compounds livelihood Nutrition pigmentation processing value addition wild edible fruits pigmentation conservation diversity livelihood wild edible fruits value addition bioactive compounds processing
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Summary:	The eastern Himalayas, one of the important hotspots of global biodiversity, have a rich diversity of wild edible fruit trees. The fruits of these tree species have been consumed by the tribal people since time immemorial. However, there is limited information available on the biochemical and antioxidant properties of the fruits. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study the physico-chemical and antioxidant properties of the nine most important wild fruit trees. Among the species, had the maximum fruit weight (37.83 g), while the highest juice (43.72%) and pulp content (84.67%) were noted in and , respectively. Maximum total soluble solids (18.27%), total sugar (11.27%), moisture content (88.39%), ascorbic acid content (63.82 mg/100 g), total carotenoids (18.47 mg/100 g), and total monomeric anthocyanin (354.04 mg/100 g) were recorded in . had the highest total phenolic content (19.37 mg GAE/g), while recorded the highest total flavonoids and flavanol content. The antioxidant activities of the different fruits ranged from 0.17 to 0.67 IC for DPPH activity and 3.59-13.82 mg AAE/g for FRAP. These fruits had attractive pigmentation of both pulp and juice and were a good potential source for the extraction of natural edible color in the food industry. The fruits also possess high market prices; fetched $ 34.10-$ 141.5 per tree. Therefore, these fruits are rich sources of antioxidants, pigments and have a high market value for livelihood and nutritional security.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Subhash Babu, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), India Reviewed by: Manish Srivastav, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), India; Vivek Yadav, Northwest A&F University, China This article was submitted to Nutrition and Sustainable Diets, a section of the journal Frontiers in Nutrition
ISSN:	2296-861X 2296-861X
DOI:	10.3389/fnut.2023.1039965