Open AccessExtraction Efficacy and Composition of Biochemical Metabolites in Recent Fenugreek Varieties Grown in North India
Author(s) -
Vikas Jain
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2022.40167
Subject(s) - trigonella , hectare , crop , yield (engineering) , horticulture , nitrogen , biology , chemistry , botany , agronomy , agriculture , ecology , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Field experiments involving fenugreek (Trigonella foenum- graecum) crop varieties ‘RMP-664’ and ‘AFG3’ raised for different stage cuttings revealed that fenugreek leaves have potential extractability of nitrogen. The highest total nitrogen extractability, from the leaves of three stage cuts of fenugreek varieties, were given by first cutting harvest, the values being 55.50% (RMP-664) and 57.51% (AFG3). AFG3 variety was found to be superior over RMP-664 variety of nitrogen-extractability. AFG3 variety showed higher value of dry Leaf Protein Concentrate (LPC) recovery (2.64g per 100g fresh leaves) than RMP-664 variety (2.35g per 100g fresh leaves). Furthermore, dry LPC yield per hectare was higher in AFG3 variety than RMP-664, the values being 195.03 kg/ha and 98.73 kg/ha, respectively. Extracted LPC and fibrous residue were found rich in biochemical metabolites like protein, ether extracts, ash and total carbohydrates. The total extracted protein yield from RMP-664 and AFG3 varieties were obtained to be 42.44 kg/ha and 90.75 kg/ha, respectively. Keywords: Leaf Protein Concentrate, Extraction efficacy, Biochemical metabolites, Fenugreek