Claim · model-written summary
Fiber was highest in Parinari excelsa at 19.44% and lowest in Aframomum sceptrum at 7.29%.
- Taxon
- Parinari excelsa
Parinari excelsae0 - Outcome
- Crude fibere0
- Value
- 19.44%e0
- Qualifier
- 7.29%e0
Verbatim
e0“Crude fiber was highest in Parinari excelsa at 19.44% and lowest in Aframomum sceptrum at 7.29%.”
Title
Ogheneruona Hope Adebayo; Noyo Ederogun Edema; Emmanuel Oise Ikpenfa Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Journal of Applied Biological Sciences 2025. doi:10.63561/jabs.v2i3.944
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Protein ranged from 15.31% in Aframomum sceptrum to 11.35% in Piper guineense.
- Observation Fat ranged from 12.82% in Piper guineense to 5.20% in Aframomum sceptrum.
- Observation Ash was highest in Chrysobalanus icaco at 3.80% and lowest in Piper guineense at 2.44%.
- Observation Potassium was highest in Chrysobalanus icaco at 627.80 mg/100 g and lowest in Piper guineense at 290.20 mg/100 g.
- Observation Calcium was high in Chrysobalanus icaco at 240.00 mg/100 g and lowest in Piper guineense at 115.00 mg/100 g.
- Observation The spices contained resins, phytosterols and phenolic compounds.
- Observation The spices contained saponins, steroids and quinones.
- Observation The spices contained cardiac glycosides, flavonoids and alkaloids.
- Observation The spices contained coumarins.
- Recommendation The authors conclude the spices can be used as food supplements.
- Recommendation The authors conclude the phytochemicals support use in medicinal preparations.
