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Nutritional Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Five Wild Edible Fruits Grown in the Mekdela District, South of Wollo, Ethiopia Table 3 Comparison of observed nutritional compositions of wild edible fruit samples with reported values.
Fruits species Moisture Ash Protein Fiber Fat Carbohydrate Energy value References Ziziphus spina -christi 13.10 ± 0.02a 9.23 ± 0.36a 5.31 ± 0.01a 0.71 ± 0.02 d 1.65 ± 0.29c 70.41 ± 0.33d 316.05 ± 1.43c [37 ] Solanum nigrum 6.0 ± 0.6b 14.0 ± 0.4b 21.7 ± 0.9a 22.3 ± 0.4a 4.0 ± 0.6b 38.1 ± 1.2e 275.0 ± 5.9c [41 ] Carissa spinarum 73.2 ± 1.37 ND 3.64 ± 1.04 ND ND 12.43 ± 0.39 ND [40 ] Mimusops kummel 13.10 2.60 2.19 20.46 1.62 80.49 ND [38 ] Cordia africana 11.15 ± 0.34 15.88 ± 2.58 10.30 ± 2.60 3.86 ± 0.34 0.69 ± 0.16 60.26 ± 3.92 277.97 ± 10.88 [39 ] Rhus vulgaris 10.8 ± 0.03b 2.41 ± 0.01a 2.23 ± 0.03d 1.58 ± 0.02a 0.45 ± 0.03d 83.3 ± 0.28d 344.5 ± 2.21d Current study Rosa abyssinica 13.24 ± 0.003c 5.12 ± 0.003b 1.2 ± 0.00b 1.73 ± 0.03b 0.9 ± 0.00d 77.8 ± 0.03c 324.1 ± 0.14c Current study Rhus natalensis 14.21 ± 0.01d 8.22 ± 0.01c 0.98 ± 0.003a 9.54 ± 0.003d 0.48 ± 0.02b 66.54 ± 0.02b 274.5 ± 0.07a Current study Ficus sur 10.12 ± 0.003a 10.12 ± 0.003a 2.02 ± 0.003c 2.02 ± 0.006c 0.12 ± 0.003a 77.52 ± 0.01c 319.27 ± 0.04c Current study
ND: not determined. In the same heading and row, different superscripts indicate a significant difference. Each of the three replicate means are represented in the data; every replication was a combination of samples drawn from three subsamples. P < 0.05.