Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals
Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a widely grown vegetable in Bangladesh and is known as the sole supplier of various nutrients. Many studies evidence the nutritional value of flesh and seed while peel, flower, and leaves were reported scarcely with limited information. Therefore, the study aimed to inv...
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| author | Farhana Jahan Md. Badrul Islam Shyama Prosad Moulick Mahci Al Bashera Md. Sabbir Hasan Nishat Tasnim Trissa Saha Farhana Boby Md. Waliullah Anik Kumar Saha Amin Hossain Lailatul Ferdousi Md. Mahmudur Rahman Barun Kanti Saha Md Nurul Huda Bhuiyan |
| author_facet | Farhana Jahan Md. Badrul Islam Shyama Prosad Moulick Mahci Al Bashera Md. Sabbir Hasan Nishat Tasnim Trissa Saha Farhana Boby Md. Waliullah Anik Kumar Saha Amin Hossain Lailatul Ferdousi Md. Mahmudur Rahman Barun Kanti Saha Md Nurul Huda Bhuiyan |
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| description | Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a widely grown vegetable in Bangladesh and is known as the sole supplier of various nutrients. Many studies evidence the nutritional value of flesh and seed while peel, flower, and leaves were reported scarcely with limited information. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of flesh, peel, seed, leaves, and flowers of Cucurbita maxima. The seed had a remarkable composition of nutrients and amino acids. Flowers and leaves possessed higher content of minerals, phenols, flavonoids, carotenes, and total antioxidant activity. The order of IC50 value (peel > seed > leaves > flesh > flower) indicates higher DPPH radicals scavenging activity of the flower. Moreover, a significant positive relationship was observed among these phytochemical constituents (TPC, TFC, TCC, TAA) and DPPH radicals scavenging activity. It could be concluded that these five parts of the pumpkin plant have an intense potency to be an exigent component of functional food or medicinal herbs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e48fd611b9804e20b033b4176a11bfe62023-06-02T04:23:34ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-06-0196e16628Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticalsFarhana Jahan0Md. Badrul Islam1Shyama Prosad Moulick2Mahci Al Bashera3Md. Sabbir Hasan4Nishat Tasnim5Trissa Saha6Farhana Boby7Md. Waliullah8Anik Kumar Saha9Amin Hossain10Lailatul Ferdousi11Md. Mahmudur Rahman12Barun Kanti Saha13Md Nurul Huda Bhuiyan14BCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. BCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bangladesh.BCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. BCSIR Laboratories, Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bangladesh.BCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshInstitute of Technology Transfer and Innovation, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshInstitute of Fuel Research and Development, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, BangladeshBCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. BCSIR Rajshahi Laboratories, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bangladesh.Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a widely grown vegetable in Bangladesh and is known as the sole supplier of various nutrients. Many studies evidence the nutritional value of flesh and seed while peel, flower, and leaves were reported scarcely with limited information. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of flesh, peel, seed, leaves, and flowers of Cucurbita maxima. The seed had a remarkable composition of nutrients and amino acids. Flowers and leaves possessed higher content of minerals, phenols, flavonoids, carotenes, and total antioxidant activity. The order of IC50 value (peel > seed > leaves > flesh > flower) indicates higher DPPH radicals scavenging activity of the flower. Moreover, a significant positive relationship was observed among these phytochemical constituents (TPC, TFC, TCC, TAA) and DPPH radicals scavenging activity. It could be concluded that these five parts of the pumpkin plant have an intense potency to be an exigent component of functional food or medicinal herbs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023038355Cucurbita maximaAmino acidsPhenolsFlavonoidsCarotenesAntioxidant activity |
| spellingShingle | Farhana Jahan Md. Badrul Islam Shyama Prosad Moulick Mahci Al Bashera Md. Sabbir Hasan Nishat Tasnim Trissa Saha Farhana Boby Md. Waliullah Anik Kumar Saha Amin Hossain Lailatul Ferdousi Md. Mahmudur Rahman Barun Kanti Saha Md Nurul Huda Bhuiyan Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals Heliyon Cucurbita maxima Amino acids Phenols Flavonoids Carotenes Antioxidant activity |
| title | Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals |
| title_full | Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals |
| title_short | Nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of Cucurbita maxima: A potential source of nutraceuticals |
| title_sort | nutritional characterization and antioxidant properties of various edible portions of cucurbita maxima a potential source of nutraceuticals |
| topic | Cucurbita maxima Amino acids Phenols Flavonoids Carotenes Antioxidant activity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023038355 |
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