Research Article
Biopriming of Momordica charantia Seeds with Enterobacter to Improve Nutritional and Biochemical Attributes
Table 3
Proximate and nutritive analyses of the peel and fruit of M. charantia after seed priming with Enterobacter strain FD17.
| Proximate analysis | Control M. charantia | Treated M. charantia | Peel | Fruit | Peel | Fruit |
| Free amino acids (mg/g) | 11.03b ± 1.05 | 0.44a ± 0.05 | 9.57a ± 0.31 | 1.43a ± 0.02 | Crude fiber (%) | 3.4a ± 0.44 | 3.08a ± 0.04 | 3.62b ± 0.10 | 2.81a ± 0.02 | Protein (mg/g) | 26.78b ± 0.68 | 26.62b ± 1.57 | 28.63a ± 0.15 | 76.20a ± 3.56 | Total soluble sugar (%) | 31.16a ± 0.07 | 29.0b ± 3.46 | 30.82b ± 0.12 | 42.53a ± 1.65 | Ash (%) | 15.82a ± 0.75 | 14.93a ± 0.46 | 15.38a ± 0.75 | 20.53a ± 2.57 | Peroxidase (U/g) | 2.43a ± 0.57 | 2.24b ± 0.41 | 5.61a ± 0.34 | 3.52a ± 0.53 | Catalase (U/g) | 374.3a ± 17 | 322.9a ± 48.52 | 290.13a ± 4.69 | 347.47b ± 34.76 | Metabolizable energy (kcal/100 g) | 17.04b ± 0.76 | 17.1b ± 0.79 | 28.94a ± 0.86 | 28.87a ± 0.81 | Oil (%) | 0.97a ± 0.01 | 0.958a ± 0.01 | 0.96a ± 0.01 | 0.959a ± 0.01 |
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The results are shown as means of 3 replicates. Values are given as mean (±SD). “a” and “b” show the treatments with a significant difference ( ). |