Compositional analysis of Foeniculum vulgare seeds genotypes collected from Tarai region of Uttarakhand

Abstract

Foeniculum vulgare is a known herbal spice, and is commonly used in traditional medicine. Our aim was to perform the compositional analysis of ten varieties of fennel genotypes collected from a Tarai region of Uttarakhand. Mineral content was performed by using AAS to find out elements present in fennel seeds. Present study demonstrated significant mineral contents, moisture content and ash content in fennel and is used as food additives. The fennel seed genotype contains Ca, K, Mg, Fe, Na, Cu, Ni, Mn, Cr and Co elements present in it. 60.42 to 48.14 mg/100g K, 32.04 to 25.42 mg/100g Ca, 20.43 to 14.42 mg/100g Mg, 3.43 to 1.05 mg/100g Fe, 3.12 to 0.21 mg/100g Na, 0.78 to 0.10 mg/100g Cu, 0.79 to 0.31 mg/100g Ni, 0.62 to 0.07 mg/100g Mn, 0.23 to 0.07 mg/100g Cr and 0.07 to 0.03 mg/100g Co are present in substantial amount. 8.45 to 5.85 % moisture content and 12.8 to 9.5 % ash content are present in fennel genotypes. The above result inferred that Foeniculum vulgare may be a good source of minerals that need to develop and proper functioning of body.