dc.contributor.author |
Seneviratne, R.M.S.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Johansson, Magnus |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pathberiya, L.Gayathri |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jansz, E.R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-05-02T07:55:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-05-02T07:55:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2005 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Seneviratne, R.M.S.K., Johansson, M., Pathberiya, L.G., & Jansz, E.R. (2005). Studies on Dietary Fibre Content of Four Uncommon Palmyrah Fruit Types. Vidyodaya Journal of Science, 12, 93-97. |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1042 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The fruit pulp of common types of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) contains high
quantities of dietary fibre and pectin content which had been reported to be 5-7%.
Four uncommon fruit types were collected from Mannar, Sri Lanka, The fruit pulp
contained 12,8 to 16.8% insoluble dietary fibre and 9.7 to 10.9% dry weight soluble
dietary fibre. Pectin contents were high (8.1 to 10.6% dry weight) and pectin was by
far the largest contributor soluble dietary fibre. Sepharose-gel chromatography
showed that the soluble dietary fibre was polydisperse with some factions in type A
and type B showing eluent volume corresponding to molecular weight in excess of2
million Daltons. The study show that: (i) if these uncommon type are propagated
this could yield a commercially valuable by-product in pectin. (ii) high fibre content
of fruit pulp can result in medically beneficial effects when edible palmyrah fruit
preparations is consumed. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Dietary fibre |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Fruit pulp |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Palmyrah |
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dc.subject |
Pectin,s epharose gelchromatography |
en_US |
dc.title |
Studies on Dietary Fibre Content of Four Uncommon Palmyrah Fruit Types |
en_US |
dc.type |
Article |
en_US |
dc.date.published |
2005 |
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