ISSN: 2639-2534
Authors: Christian Ebere E*, Stanley Chukwuemeka I and Emmanuel Chinedu I
This research work presents the proximate and mineral characterization of seeds of Sesame indica. The seeds were procured from markets in Owerri and analyzed following standard procedure. Results from the proximate analysis showed moisture (6.21±2.41%), ash (8.46±0.24%), crude fibre (6.12±4.10%), crude protein (14.73±6.39%) and carbohydrate (64.00±86.14%). Mineral analysis result showed sodium (0.80±0.09%), potassium (1.12±0.32%), calcium (0.44±0.10%), magnesium (0.29±0.45%), zinc (0.82±0.21%) and iron (1.02±0.11%). The distribution showed that sodium and zinc had the highest percentage (18%) while the lowest was magnesium (6%). This study showed that the sesame seed oil is a good source of vitamin and could be useful as food supplement and industry. Generally, the results obtained in this present study suggest that S. indicum seed investigated can be good source of protein, carbohydrate, minerals and crude fibre. Therefore could be exploited as commercial source to supplement both animal and human consumption consider the anti-nutrient factors.
Keywords: Seed; Micronutrients; Food; Minerals; Supplement; Proximate
