A Comparative Assessment of Nutritional Composition,Total Phenolic,Total Flavonoid,Antioxidant Capacity,and Antioxidant Vitamins of Two Types of Malaysian Underutilized Fruits (Averrhoa Bilimbi and Averrhoa Carambola) |
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| Authors: | See Wan Yan Rajesh Ramasamy Noorjahan Banu Mohamed Alitheen Asmah Rahmat |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Biosciences, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Jalan Taylor's, Subang Jaya , Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia yanseewan@gmail.com;3. Department of Pathology , Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia;4. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology , Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia;5. School of Biosciences, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Jalan Taylor's, Subang Jaya , Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | Nutritional composition, total phenolic content, total flavonoid, antioxidant capacity, and antioxidant vitamins of bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi) and carambola (Averrhoa carambola) were determined and compared in this study. Bilimbi was found to contain higher moisture, ash, carbohydrate, protein, fat, and dietary fiber compared to carambola. Total phenolic content was higher in carambola although bilimbi yielded more total flavonoid. Vitamins A, C, and E contents of bilimbi were also higher than carambola. Antioxidant and scavenging activity as determined by β-carotene bleaching assay and DPPH radical scavenging assay of carambola were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than bilimbi. These results suggested that carambola was a potent natural antioxidant food and that contribution of phenolic compounds to its antioxidant capacity was greater than that of antioxidant vitamins. |
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| Keywords: | Averrhoa bilimbi Averrhoa carambola Proximate composition Total phenolic content Total flavonoid Antioxidant capacity |
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