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Dillenia indica L. Fruits Cultivated in Egypt: Nutritional Features.

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Food Chemistry

Abstract

South Asia is the home to many tropical trees, most famously the elephant apple (Dillenia indica L.). Mostly found in Assam, in the northeast of India and not grown for commercial purposes, elephant apples are used in many different culinary recipes in their native country. The current study aims to characterize the nutritional and biochemical properties of the fruit constituents. The ethanol extract physicochemical properties and phytochemical screening study were presented. The fruit is proved to have considerable concentrations of flavonoids and phenolics. The fruit fatty matter analysis exposed that carbohydrates were more than 50%. Additionally, lupeol and betulin were the main terpenoids. Arachidic acid was the dominant fatty acid. Advanced nutritive value detection demonstrated the presence of minerals and vitamins, while potassium (11667 mg/kg) and vitamin A (1.30 µg/g) were the leading. Furthermore, apigenin (661.6 µg/g) and ellagic acid (1064.71µg/g) were the highest flavonoids and phenolics. The study revealed glycine (3780.77 µg/g) as the prominent amino acid for the first time, in addition to eight essential amino acids. The fruits offer special nutritional significance. Beyond its dietary value, D. indica fruit has been associated with other health benefits.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.315326.10264

Keywords

Dillenia indica fruit, Lipid profile, Amino acids, minerals, vitamins

Authors

First Name

Hanaa Salah

Last Name

Ebrahim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Nutrition Institute, General Organization For Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hanaa.salah2009@gmail.com

City

cairo

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First Name

Seham Salah Eldin

Last Name

El-Hawary

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-

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

seham.elhawary@pharma.cu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-6823-1142

First Name

Gihan

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Fouad

Affiliation

National Nutrition Institute, General Organization For Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Cairo, Egypt

Email

gihan_fouad@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Essam Mostafa

Last Name

Abd El-Kadder

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Timber Trees Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research center, Giza, Egypt

Email

eltorifi_ola@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Marwa Yousry

Last Name

Issa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

marwa.issa@pharma.cu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-2181-7090

Volume

67

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

46555

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-08-26

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

1,957

Page End

1,965

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_389396.html

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389,396

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Dillenia indica L. Fruits Cultivated in Egypt: Nutritional Features.

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13 Jan 2025