%0 Journal Article
%T Proximate, Mineral and Anti-nutrient Composition of Pumpkin (Cucurbitapepo L) Seeds Extract
%J International Journal of Plant Research
%@ 2163-260X
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.plant.20120205.02
%X Pumpkin seeds were analysed for their nutritional and anti-nutritional composition, the results obtained were; moisture content (5.00%), ash (5.50%), crude lipid (38.00%, crude fibre (1.00%), crude protein (27.48%), Available carbohydrate (28.03%) and calorific value (564kcal/100g). Elemental analysis shows that potassium is the most abundant element in the sample (273mg/100g) and manganese is least (0.06mg/100g).The anti-nutritional parameters analysed are; phytate (35.06 mg/100g), oxalate (0.02¡À0.10mg/100g), hydrocyanic acid content (0.22¡À0.04mg/100g) and nitrate (2.27¡À002mg/100g). The result shows that the pumpkin seeds if properly utilized can serve as good source of minerals.
%K Pumpkin
%K Cucurbita Pepo L
%K Seeds
%K Proximate
%K Mineral
%K Anti-Nutritional
%K Nutritional
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