Biochemical and antioxidative characters of underutilized fruits (Aonla, Bael, Ber, Jackfruit and Kaitha)

Abstract

Biochemical and antioxidative evaluation of five underutilized fruit germplasms/varieties i.e Aonla (NA6 and NA7), Bael (NB5 and NB9), Ber (Karaka and Umran), Jackfruit (NJ2 and NJ3) and Kaitha (K1 and K2) resulted a slight variation within two varieties of each fruit containing to total soluble solid (TSS), malic acid, total phenols and ascorbic acid. Antioxidative characters were found higher in fresh fruit as compared to storage. On whole germplasms/varieties i.e Aonla (NA6 and NA7), Bael (NB5 and NB9), Ber (Karaka and Umran), Jackfruit (NJ2 and NJ3) and Kaitha (K1 and K2) were found best in terms of qualitative as well as biochemical and antioxidative evaluation.