Table 5.

Nutrient content of traditional vegetables and modern vegetables per 100 g.

S.N	Nutrients	Traditional Vegetables *										Modern Vegetables **				% Change
		Cluster Bean	Bathua Leaf	Kinkoda	Kachri	Khimp	Khejri Pod	Spinach	Snap Melon	Amaranthus Leaf	Mean	Tomato	Potato	Brinjal	Mean
1	Protein (g)	3.20	2.50	5.44	0.28	3.13	23.1	2.14	0.37	3.29	4.83	0.76	1.35	1.77	1.29	−73.21
2	Fat (g)	0.40	0.44	3.10	1.28	1.84	0.52	0.64	1.12	0.65	1.11	0.25	0.22	0.39	0.29	−74.17
3	CHO (g)	10.80	2.56	7.70	7.45	9.83	14.15	2.05	15.6	2.28	8.05	3.20	12.9	3.49	6.53	−18.85
4	Energy (Cal.)	16.0	27.71	288.0	43.0	68.0	82.0	24.37	74.0	30.58	72.63	18.87	53.76	27.23	33.29	−54.17
5	Ascorbic acid (mg)	17.92	41.03	-	29.81	39.0	-	30.28	18.6	83.54	37.17	25.27	26.41	1.58	17.75	−52.24
6	Carotenes (μg)	1192.0	3469.0	-	-	-	-	9553.0	-	20.47	3558.62	5826.0	224.0	186.0	2078.67	−41.59
7	Thiamin (mg)	0.05	0.06	0.05	-	-	-	0.16	-	0.01	0.07	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.05	−19.19
8	Riboflavin (mg)	0.03	0.51	0.10	-	-	-	0.10	-	0.19	0.19	0.02	0.01	0.13	0.05	−71.33
9	Niacin (mg)	0.71	0.54	0.06	-	-	-	0.33	-	0.71	0.47	0.51	1.36	0.74	0.87	+85.11
10	Calcium (mg)	130.0	211.0	33.7	0.09	414.0	0.41	82.29	0.76	330.0	133.58	8.90	8.53	22.17	13.20	−90.12
11	Phosphorus (mg)	57.0	37.55	42.0	0.003	317.0	0.05	32.59	0.09	73.22	62.17	15.45	43.42	39.95	32.94	−47.01
12	Iron (mg)	1.08	2.66	5.04	0.18	3.48	0.48	2.95	0.84	4.64	2.37	0.22	0.57	0.49	0.43	−82.01
13	Fiber (g)	3.20	1.68	3.0	1.21	23.18	6.7	0.86	1.34	1.20	4.71	0.30	0.54	0.68	0.51	−89.24

* Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.), Bathuwa leaf (Chenopodium album), Kinkoda (Momordica dioica), Kachri (Cucumis calosus), Khimp (Leptadaenia pyrotechnica), Khejri pod (Prosopis cineraria), Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Snapmelon (Cucumis melo momordica), Amaranthus leaf (Amaranthus cruentus). ** Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), Potato (Solanum tuberosum), Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.).