Profile of the African Bread Fruit (Treculia africana)

Mineral, Vitamin and Antinutritional Content of African Breadfruit (Treculia africana) Seeds Processed with Alum and Trona

“…The value of potassium content of the raw ABFS sample in the present study is closer to the value (587 ± 0.02mg/100g) reported by Osabor et al [27] for potassium content of raw ABFS. Similarly, the results of the other minerals contents of the ABFS samples (phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and manganese) under study followed the same trend.…”

“…The value of the hydrogen cyanide content of the raw ABFS samples (0.47±0.01%) obtained from this study was lower to the value of hydrogen cyanide reported for raw Treculia africana seeds (26.45mg/kg) by Ugwu and Oranye [15] but higher than the value (0.06±0.12mg/100g) reported by Osabor et al [27]. The differences observed may be due to the species or variety of African breadfruit seed used.…”

“…The value of the raw ABFS sample was slightly lower than the values reported for the phytate content of raw Treculia africana seeds (2.16mg/100g) by Ugwu and Oranye [15] but higher than the value (0.76±0.01mg/100g) reported by Osabor et al [27]. The low level of phytic acid in the raw ABFS suggests that the nutritive value of the raw seed will be less impaired.…”

“…Similar result was also observed in the Tannin contents of the Alum and Trona processed samples. The oxalate content of the raw ABFS sample (0.21±0.01%) was higher than the value reported for the raw Treculia africana seeds (0.03 ± 0.11%) by Osabor et al [27]. The samples steeped in 0, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% Alum solutions for 24 hours were found to have the oxalate contents of 0.16±0.05%, 0.15±0.01%, 0.15±0.01% and 0.14±0.01% respectively.…”

“…The Sodium content of the raw ABFS sample under study was 386.60±0.02mg/100g, which was extremely higher than that of Osabor et al [27] who reported 7.10 ± 0.10mg/100g as the sodium content of the raw African breadfruit seed. The difference in the sodium contents could be as a result of differences in cultivar and soil composition and the rate of uptake of the minerals by the plant [28].…”