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NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND SELECTED ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN Sechium edule, SW, THE MIRLITON
Author(s) -
FLICK GEORGE J.,
AUNG LOUIS H.,
ORY ROBERT L.,
ANGELO ALLEN J. ST.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1977.tb01206.x
Subject(s) - composition (language) , chemistry , food science , botany , biology , art , literature
Samples of vegetable pear (mirliton), Sechium edule , SW, fresh tissue were analyzed for moisture and dry matter. Dry matter was further analyzed for crude protein, ether‐extractable material, pectin, crude fiber, ash, selected minerals, and nitrogen‐free extract. Fresh mirlitons contain 94% moisture. Carotene was not detected. The mirliton does not contain detectable amounts of lipoxygenase or polyphenol oxidase activity (compared to activity in mushroom). Amino acid concentrations in the seed were approximately twice those of the flesh. Methio‐nine was detected in the seed but not in the tissue. The data suggest that the mirliton can be a new fresh vegetable crop for the southern area and for processing into frozen food products.