Open AccessProximate composition, nutritional evaluation and functional properties of a promising food: Arabian wax Cissus (Cissus rotundifolia Forssk) leaves
Author(s) -
Wedad Q. ALBukhaiti,
Anwar Noman,
Amer Ali Mahdi,
Sherif M. Abed,
Abdelmoneim H. Ali,
Jalaleldeen Khaleel Mohamed,
Hongxin Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of food science and technology/journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.656
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 0975-8402
pISSN - 0022-1155
DOI - 10.1007/s13197-019-03947-8
Subject(s) - food science , chemistry , fructose , riboflavin , monosaccharide , botany , functional food , traditional medicine , biology , biochemistry , medicine
Cissus rotundifolia is a wild plant, extensively used during scarcity and famine; however, the information about its chemical and nutritional properties still limited. In this work, C. rotundifolia was evaluated for its chemical, nutritional and functional properties. The results revealed that C. rotundifolia mainly contained carbohydrates (72.54%), proteins (12.16%), ash (12.53%), dietary fiber (14.10%), in addition to adequate amounts of essential amino acids and minerals. Fructose, glucose, galactose, and arabinose were the major monosaccharides with a percentage of 23.32, 13.60, 1.24, and 0.25 g/100 g DW, respectively. Furthermore, it was found that C. rotundifolia contained important vitamins, including thiamin (5.37 mg/100 g DW), riboflavin (1.19 mg/100 g DW), pyridoxine (0.46 mg/100 g DW) and folic acid (0.20 mg/100 g DW). The findings of functional properties revealed good water and oil absorption capacities of 2.74 and 1.63 g/g, respectively. Foaming capacity and water solubility index were 14 and 18.74%, respectively. From these results, it can be stated that C. rotundifolia has high nutritional values, which could be used widely in food applications.