Physicochemical and Functional Potential of Hydrocolloids Extracted from Some Solanaceae Plants

Table 2

Foaming capacity, emulsifying activity, and emulsifying stability (%age ± SD) of hydrocolloid from aerial parts of S. surattense, S nigrum, and S indicum using the water extraction method.

Botanical name	Fraction/parts	Foaming capacity	Emulsifying activity	Emulsifying stability
Solanum nigrum	Fruit	40.00^c ± 1.06	80.00^b ± 3.7	60.00^c ± 0.92
	Stem	25.00^de ± 0.46	40.00^f ± 2.27	40.00^d ± 1.97
	Leaves	10.00^f ± 0.27	50.00^e ± 1.4	40.00^d ± 0.54
Solanum surattense	Fruit	50.00^b ± 2.50	90.00^a ± 2.52	0.00^g ± 0.00
	Stem	35.00^d ± 0.46	60.00^d ± 1.39	0.00^g ± 0.00
	Leaves	20.00^e ± 0.77	70.00^c ± 1.07	0.00^g ± 0.00
Solanum indicum	Fruit	65.00^a ± 3.05	90.00^a ± 1.86	70.00^b ± 1.36
	Stem	30.00^d ± 0.46	20.00^g ± 0.38	30.00^f ± 1.09
	Leaves	0.00^i ± 0.00	0.00^i ± 0.00	0.00^g ± 0.00

Each value is expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 3) of a triplicate analysis. The means followed by different superscripted lowercase letters indicate significant differences ().