Nutritional Composition of Four Underexploited Wild Fruits in Mali - Food and Nutrition Sciences

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Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volume 13, Issue 1 (January 2022)

ISSN Print: 2157-944X ISSN Online: 2157-9458

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Nutritional Composition of Four Underexploited Wild Fruits in Mali ()

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DOI: 10.4236/fns.2022.131004 197 Downloads 991 Views Citations

Author(s)

Mamadou Abdoulaye Konare^1*, Cheickna Cisse^1,2, Nouhoum Diarra¹, Marius K. Somda³, Mamadou Wele^1,2, Rokia Sanogo^4,5

Affiliation(s)

¹Laboratory of Plant and Food Biochemistry and Biotechnologies (LBVA_B), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (FST), University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
²African Center of Excellency in Bioinformatics (ACE-B), University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
³Centre for Research in Biological Sciences Food and Nutrition (CRSBAN), University Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UJKZ), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁴Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
⁵Department of Traditional Medicine (DMT), National Institute of Research in Public Health (INSRP), Bamako, Mali.

ABSTRACT

Malnutrition and food insecurity are major concerns for the Malian authorities. The objective of this study was to strengthen the knowledge about the nutritional and physicochemical values of four underutilized edible wild fruits picked at two cities belonging to different bioclimatic zones of Mali. The physicochemical and nutritional parameters were performed using standard methods. The findings revealed that all these parameters varied from one fruit to another, this outcome could be associated with the provenances of the wild fruits (p-value < 0.05). The protein contents varied from 4.53 g/100g by dry matter (DM) for R. sudanica fruits to 5.34 g/100g DM for those of B. aegyptiaca, all these samples were being harvested from Sikasso. The highest concentrations of vitamins are C (150,800 to 151,000 μg/100g DM), E (1,310 to 1,350 μg/100g DM) and A (38 to 40 μg/100g DM) respectively for the fruits of Z. mauritiana, B. aegyptiaca and S. senegalensis. In addition, these fruits would constitute a potential source of minerals such as iron, phosphorus and calcium. Thereby, these fruits are promising raw materials to be used against the malnutrition linked to the micronutrients deficiencies and the management of certain pathologies related to oxidative stress.

KEYWORDS

Wild Fruits, Nutritional Values, Provenances, Malnutrition, Food Insecurity

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Konare, M. , Cisse, C. , Diarra, N. , Somda, M. , Wele, M. and Sanogo, R. (2022) Nutritional Composition of Four Underexploited Wild Fruits in Mali. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 13, 26-40. doi: 10.4236/fns.2022.131004.

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