Malnutrition and food insecurity are major concerns for the Malian</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> authorities. The objective of this study was to strengthen the knowledg...Malnutrition and food insecurity are major concerns for the Malian</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> authorities. The objective of this study was to strengthen the knowledge about the <span>nutritional and physicochemical values of four underutilized edible wild </span>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 <span>another, this outcome could be associated </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">with</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> the provenances of the wild</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> fruits (p-value < 0.05). The protein contents varied from 4.53 g/100g by dry matter (DM) for <i>R</i>. <i>sudanica</i> fruits to 5.34 g/100g DM for those of <i>B</i>. <i>aegyptiaca</i>, all these samples </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">were </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">being harvested from Sikasso. The highest concentrations of vitamins </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">are </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">C (150,800 to 151,000 μg/100g DM), E (1</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">310 to 1</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">350 μg/100g DM) and A (38 to 40 μg/100g DM) respectively for the fruits <span>of </span><i><span>Z</span></i><span>. <i>mauritiana</i>, </span><i><span>B</span></i><span>. <i>aegyptiaca</i> and <i>S</i>. <i>senegalensis</i>. In addition, these fruits would constitute a</span><span> potential source of minerals such as iron, phosphorus and calcium. Thereby,</span> these fruits are promising raw materials to be used against the <span>malnutrition linked to the micronutrients deficiencies and the management</span> of certain p展开更多
文摘Malnutrition and food insecurity are major concerns for the Malian</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> authorities. The objective of this study was to strengthen the knowledge about the <span>nutritional and physicochemical values of four underutilized edible wild </span>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 <span>another, this outcome could be associated </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">with</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> the provenances of the wild</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""> fruits (p-value < 0.05). The protein contents varied from 4.53 g/100g by dry matter (DM) for <i>R</i>. <i>sudanica</i> fruits to 5.34 g/100g DM for those of <i>B</i>. <i>aegyptiaca</i>, all these samples </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">were </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">being harvested from Sikasso. The highest concentrations of vitamins </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">are </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">C (150,800 to 151,000 μg/100g DM), E (1</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">310 to 1</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"">350 μg/100g DM) and A (38 to 40 μg/100g DM) respectively for the fruits <span>of </span><i><span>Z</span></i><span>. <i>mauritiana</i>, </span><i><span>B</span></i><span>. <i>aegyptiaca</i> and <i>S</i>. <i>senegalensis</i>. In addition, these fruits would constitute a</span><span> potential source of minerals such as iron, phosphorus and calcium. Thereby,</span> these fruits are promising raw materials to be used against the <span>malnutrition linked to the micronutrients deficiencies and the management</span> of certain p
