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- Title
Malabar Tamarind (Garcinia cambogia) : Nutritional Analysis and its Importance in Daily Consumption.
- Authors
SUDHARANI, N.; UMADEVI, S. H.
- Abstract
The study was conducted to know the nutritional composition of G. cambogia and its usage in regular consumption. Malabar Tamarind is widely used in the preparation of refreshing drinks, for curing fishes and sour curries. It has proven its medicinal effects in treating flatulence, oedema, chronic alcoholism, dysentery, diarrhea, obesity etc. The nutraceutical effect of cambogia is due to the presence of an acid known as Hydroxy citric acid (HCA) in it. In this regard, the information related to its usage in daily consumption was collected using standardized questionnaire among the consumers (N=30) and the nutritional analysis of fresh and dry fruit rind was conducted. The results showed that, 47 per cent of the respondents were using Malabar tamarind for the culinary purpose as a tendering and souring agent, followed by 40 per cent of them were using for weight reduction. Malabar tamarind dry fruit rind was found to be superior in micronutrients such as Calcium (90.42 mg/100g) and Potassium (64.70 mg/100g) compared to the fresh rind. Dry rind was also found to be significantly high in Anti oxidant component i.e. HCA content (27.30%) and antioxidant activity (90.60 mg GAE/100g) than in fresh rind (6.70%) and (81.44 mg GAE/100g) respectively. The fruit rind proved its potency of antioxidant property due the presence of HCA, Garcinol, Polyphenols and Anthocyanins. This potential anti-oxidant property of Malabar Tamarind opens new venue for further studies.
- Subjects
GARCINIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; CITRIC acid; MEDICINAL plants; VITAMIN C
- Publication
Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019, Vol 53, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
0047-8539
- Publication type
Article