Bromatological Composition of Moringa of Sumbe (C. Sul) and Cubal (Benguela)

Armindo Paixão^1,*, Isabel Panzo², Raimundo Kwaia³, Luzidia Filemone⁴, Diassonama L. Maria¹, Edna-Marisa de Oliveira¹, Esmeralda Inácio¹, Ataulfo Pereira⁵, Joaquim Morais¹, Cristóvão Simões¹

¹Departament of Animal Health and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, José Eduardo dos Santos University, Huambo, Angola.

²Departament of Animal production, Cubal Agricultural Technical School, Benguela, Angola.

³Departament of Animal Prodution, Higher Polytechnic Institute of Cuanza-Sul, Angola.

⁴Departament of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Social and Cultural, Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, Angola.

⁵Departament of Food Security, Cuito Cuanavale University, Cuando Cubango, Angola.

*Corresponding author: Armindo Paixão

Published: February 21,2022

Abstract

With the aim of determining some bromatological parameters of moringa from two different locations and at the same period of the year, fresh leaves were collected and air-dried, and then ground to be converted into powder. This was passed through a sieve, packaged and sent to the Central Laboratory for Food and Agriculture in Luanda in order to determine the content of crude protein, crude fibre, ether extract and vitamin C. The evaluation of dry matter, moisture, ashes and carbohydrates was carried out at the Centre for Research and Agro-Food Technology of the Faculty of Veterinary. Both samples showed promising and varied bromatological contents, having the moringa from Cubal presented the following values: crude protein—22.33%, crude fibre—0.14%, ether extract—10.54% and carbohydrate 47.43%, while in the moringa from Sumbe the crude protein was 24.72%, crude fibre 0.24%, ether extract 5% and carbohydrate 52.65%.

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Bromatological Composition of Moringa of Sumbe (C. Sul) and Cubal (Benguela)

How to cite this paper: Armindo Paixão, Isabel Panzo, Raimundo Kwaia, Luzidia Filemone, Diassonama L. Maria, Edna-Marisa de Oliveira, Esmeralda Inácio, Ataulfo Pereira, Joaquim Morais, Cristóvão Simões. (2022) Bromatological Composition of Moringa of Sumbe (C. Sul) and Cubal (Benguela). International Journal of Food Science and Agriculture, 6(1), 60-63.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijfsa.2022.03.008

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