Nutritional Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Five Wild Edible Fruits Grown in the Mekdela District, South of Wollo, Ethiopia
Table 2
Proximate composition of five wild edible fruits.
Parameters
Proximate analysis of five wild edible fruits (g/100 g dry weight)
Rhus vulgaris
Rosa abyssinica
Rhus natalensis
Euclea racemosa
Ficus sur
Moisture
10.8 ± 0.03b
13.24 ± 0.003c
14.21 ± 0.01d
16.24 ± 0.003e
10.12 ± 0.003a
Total ash
2.41 ± 0.01a
5.12 ± 0.003b
8.22 ± 0.01c
12.8 ± 0.37d
8.20 ± 0.00c
Crude fat
0.45 ± 0.03d
0.9 ± 0.00d
0.48 ± 0.02b
0.71 ± 0.01c
0.12 ± 0.003a
Crude fiber
1.58 ± 0.02a
1.73 ± 0.03b
9.54 ± 0.003d
1.53 ± 0.03a
2.02 ± 0.006c
Crude protein
2.23 ± 0.03d
1.2 ± 0.00b
0.98 ± 0.003a
3.22 ± 0.01e
2.02 ± 0.003c
Carbohydrates
83.3 ± 0.28d
77.8 ± 0.03c
66.54 ± 0.02b
65.54 ± 0.35a
77.52 ± 0.01c
Energy
344.5 ± 2.21d
324.1 ± 0.14c
274.5 ± 0.07a
281.35 ± 1.4b
319.27 ± 0.04c
Note. Values are the averages of three separate composite sample analyses (based on DW) that were performed independently. The superscripts that vary along the column indicate significant differences at .