Comparative Study of Carotenoids and Mineral Composition in Five Different Pulp Colours of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.)

摘要

The study was undertaken to assess the carotenoids content and mineral composition in five different pulp colours of Jackfruit. Results revealed that, the red and orange colour pulp contained significantly higher concentrations of P-Cryptoxanthine (45.44mg/100 g and 42.57mg/100g) followed byP-Carotene (44.20mg/100g and43.14 mg/1 OOg) ct-Carotene(39.40 mg /100 g 37.30 mg/100g) and Lycopene(30.20mg /100 gand 27.70mg /100 g), respectively. The mineral composition analysis revealed that the potassium content was higher (326.47 mg /100 g) in dark yellow colour pulp followed by red colour pulp (322.70 mg /100 g) and orange colour pulp (216.07 g /100g). However, there were no significant differences in the concentrations of sodium, manganese, zinc, iron and copper among different pulp colours.