Nutritional Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Five Wild Edible Fruits Grown in the Mekdela District, South of Wollo, Ethiopia

Table 3

Comparison of observed nutritional compositions of wild edible fruit samples with reported values.

Fruits species	Moisture	Ash	Protein	Fiber	Fat	Carbohydrate	Energy value	References
Ziziphus spina-christi	13.10 ± 0.02^a	9.23 ± 0.36^a	5.31 ± 0.01^a	0.71 ± 0.02 d	1.65 ± 0.29^c	70.41 ± 0.33^d	316.05 ± 1.43^c	[37]
Solanum nigrum	6.0 ± 0.6^b	14.0 ± 0.4^b	21.7 ± 0.9^a	22.3 ± 0.4^a	4.0 ± 0.6^b	38.1 ± 1.2^e	275.0 ± 5.9^c	[41]
Carissa spinarum	73.2 ± 1.37	ND	3.64 ± 1.04	ND	ND	12.43 ± 0.39	ND	[40]
Mimusops kummel	13.10	2.60	2.19	20.46	1.62	80.49	ND	[38]
Cordia africana	11.15 ± 0.34	15.88 ± 2.58	10.30 ± 2.60	3.86 ± 0.34	0.69 ± 0.16	60.26 ± 3.92	277.97 ± 10.88	[39]
Rhus vulgaris	10.8 ± 0.03^b	2.41 ± 0.01^a	2.23 ± 0.03^d	1.58 ± 0.02^a	0.45 ± 0.03^d	83.3 ± 0.28^d	344.5 ± 2.21^d	Current study
Rosa abyssinica	13.24 ± 0.003^c	5.12 ± 0.003^b	1.2 ± 0.00^b	1.73 ± 0.03^b	0.9 ± 0.00^d	77.8 ± 0.03^c	324.1 ± 0.14^c	Current study
Rhus natalensis	14.21 ± 0.01^d	8.22 ± 0.01^c	0.98 ± 0.003^a	9.54 ± 0.003^d	0.48 ± 0.02^b	66.54 ± 0.02^b	274.5 ± 0.07^a	Current study
Ficus sur	10.12 ± 0.003^a	10.12 ± 0.003^a	2.02 ± 0.003^c	2.02 ± 0.006^c	0.12 ± 0.003^a	77.52 ± 0.01^c	319.27 ± 0.04^c	Current study

ND: not determined. In the same heading and row, different superscripts indicate a significant difference. Each of the three replicate means are represented in the data; every replication was a combination of samples drawn from three subsamples. P < 0.05.