TABLE 3B.
Estimated values on various nutritional parameters of local food plants used by the Adi.
| Adi name | Botanical name | Nutritional parametersc | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascorbic acid | Phenol | Flavanol | Na | K | Ca | Mg | Fe | Zn | Mn | Co | ||
| Leafy vegetables | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | mg/100 g | μg/100 g | |
| Adi-ori | Eryngium foetidum L. | 17.3 ± 0.97 | 130 ± 9.10 | 18.4 ± 0.92 | 78.6 ± 3.9 | 118 ± 8.3 | 143 ± 8.6 | 44.4 ± 2.9 | 8.47 ± 0.33 | 1.55 ± 0.09 | 2.61 ± 0.14 | 1.56 ± 0.26 |
| Aksap | Mussaenda roxburghii Hook. f. | 12.1 ± 0.29 | 383 ± 27 | 40.9 ± 2.9 | 33.7 ± 1.7 | 86.7 ± 6.1 | 476 ± 29 | 47.2 ± 1.9 | 3.79 ± 0.19 | 3.89 ± 0.23 | 4.53 ± 0.16 | 5.30 ± 0.42 |
| Bangko | Solanum spirale Roxb. | 23.2 ± 1.8 | 374 ± 23 | 38.7 ± 1.4 | 90.3 ± 2.7 | 476 ± 33 | 279 ± 11 | 62.5 ± 1.8 | 3.45 ± 0.78 | 1.22 ± 0.10 | 2.13 ± 0.11 | 3.62 ± 0.41 |
| Takang a | Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. | 19.2 ± 1.6 | 213 ± 18 | 23.1 ± 1.3 | 35.2 ± 1.7 | 381 ± 27 | 67.4 ± 4.0 | 48.4 ± 2.0 | 8.33 ± 0.31 | 3.76 ± 0.31 | 2.17 ± 0.11 | 3.15 ± 0.33 |
| Dilap | Allium hookeri Thwaites | 23.1 ± 2.1 | 134 ± 17 | 48.2 ± 2.7 | 97.5 ± 3.2 | 270 ± 16 | 158 ± 22 | 33.3 ± 2.4 | 11.8 ± 0.48 | 0.716 ± 0.08 | 0.934 ± 0.10 | 3.84 ± 0.35 |
| Gham-oying | Sauropus androgynus (L) Merr. | 15.8 ± 2.6 | 591 ± 27 | 67.7 ± 1.3 | 131 ± 6.6 | 269 ± 19 | 791 ± 47 | 72.3 ± 1.4 | 27.3 ± 1.1 | 25.7 ± 1.5 | 13.4 ± 0.46 | 0.95 ± 0.17 |
| Lori | Piper pedicellatum C. DC. | 51.3 ± 1.9 | 385 ± 25 | 63.9 ± 7.2 | 54.0 ± 2.7 | 133 ± 9.3 | 293 ± 18 | 86.9 ± 1.7 | 10.3 ± 0.41 | 4.86 ± 0.29 | 2.10 ± 0.13 | 5.96 ± 0.51 |
| Marsang | Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC. | 12.1 ± 0.9 | 185 ± 8.8 | 19.0 ± 1.03 | 52.2 ± 2.6 | 134 ± 9.3 | 281 ± 17 | 34.0 ± 1.7 | 2.26 ± 0.08 | 6.19 ± 0.37 | 1.68 ± 0.09 | 3.78 ± 0.28 |
| Obul | Mackaya neesiana (Wall.) Das | 17.5 ± 0.77 | 118 ± 20 | 20.8 ± 1.04 | 31.0 ± 1.5 | 90.4 ± 6.3 | 358 ± 22 | 44.9 ± 0.93 | 2.10 ± 0.11 | 1.39 ± 0.08 | 0.81 ± 0.12 | 3.52 ± 0.28 |
| Ongen b | Gynura nepalensis DC. | 26.6 ± 2.5 | 338 ± 15 | 50.0 ± 2.1 | 472 ± 23 | 776 ± 54 | 456 ± 27 | 57.3 ± 1.1 | 5.31 ± 0.23 | 7.03 ± 0.42 | 6.73 ± 0.23 | 8.43 ± 0.67 |
| Onger | Zanthoxylum rhetsa (Roxb.) DC. | 14.8 ± 1.3 | 678 ± 18 | 41.8 ± 1.3 | 56.3 ± 2.8 | 129 ± 9.0 | 679 ± 41 | 45.2 ± 1.8 | 8.12 ± 0.32 | 6.67 ± 0.40 | 4.01 ± 0.11 | 7.36 ± 0.59 |
| Ongin | Clerodendrum colebrookinanum Walp. | 28.9 ± 2.3 | 214 ± 16 | 33.9 ± 1.7 | 185 ± 9.3 | 341 ± 23 | 513 ± 31 | 42.1 ± 1.7 | 6.35 ± 0.32 | 5.13 ± 0.33 | 3.92 ± 0.09 | 5.94 ± 0.51 |
| Oyik | Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn. and R. Br. | 18.0 ± 1.2 | 190 ± 8.0 | 33.0 ± 1.1 | 318 ± 21 | 514 ± 49 | 850 ± 69 | 60.6 ± 1.2 | 6.39 ± 0.29 | 3.53 ± 0.21 | 2.65 ± 0.13 | 7.60 ± 0.58 |
| Poi | Basella rubra L. | 81.0 ± 2.4 | 167 ± 12 | 26.4 ± 2.1 | 79.2 ± 3.9 | 192 ± 13 | 165 ± 9.9 | 198 ± 4.0 | 4.65 ± 0.24 | 1.64 ± 0.10 | 0.952 ± 0.03 | 1.46 ± 0.22 |
| Payin | Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poir. | 31.80 ± 1.91 | 127 ± 5.8 | 35.6 ± 1.8 | 36.4 ± 1.8 | 412 ± 29 | 63.2 ± 3.8 | 52.4 ± 1.1 | 5.80 ± 0.23 | 2.34 ± 0.14 | 1.89 ± 0.06 | 4.54 ± 0.20 |
| Mean | 26.2 ± 18 | 282 ± 173 | 37.4 ± 15 | 117 ± 124 | 288 ± 197 | 372 ± 252 | 62.0 ± 40 | 7.63 ± 6.1 | 5.04 ± 6.1 | 3.37 ± 3.2 | 4.47 ± 2.3 | |
| Fruit based vegetables | ||||||||||||
| Koppir | Solanum indicum L. | 20.0 ± 1.1 | 413 ± 31 | 67.5 ± 3.4 | 153 ± 7.7 | 323 ± 23 | 717 ± 43 | 69.8 ± 1.4 | 10.3 ± 0.41 | 5.12 ± 0.35 | 3.81 ± 0.11 | 11.9 ± 1.8 |
| Migom Koppi | Solanum torvum Sw. | 19.4 ± 0.72 | 221 ± 26 | 8.93 ± 1.1 | 88.5 ± 4.4 | 169 ± 12 | 92.4 ± 5.5 | 50.2 ± 1.0 | 4.73 ± 0.2 | 8.54 ± 1.9 | 1.67 ± 0.08 | 7.28 ± 0.63 |
| Bangko | Solanum spirale Roxb. | 26.70 ± 0.53 | 195 ± 18 | 53.7 ± 3.2 | 211 ± 11 | 357 ± 23 | 203 ± 12 | 33.1 ± 1.7 | 3.76 ± 0.15 | 3.29 ± 0.20 | 1.63 ± 0.05 | 3.76 ± 0.30 |
| Kopi | Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain | 24.6 ± 0.48 | 336 ± 39 | 23.4 ± 3.7 | 56.1 ± 4.8 | 268 ± 18 | 137 ± 16 | 41.6 ± 2.8 | 3.55 ± 0.21 | 2.70 ± 0.15 | 0.912 ± 0.28 | 4.84 ± 0.33 |
| Mean | 22.7 ± 3.5 | 291 ± 102 | 38.4 ± 27 | 127 ± 69 | 279 ± 82 | 287 ± 290 | 48.7 ± 16 | 5.59 ± 3.2 | 4.91 ± 2.6 | 2.01 ± 1.3 | 6.95 ± 3.6 | |
| Rhizomatous vegetables | 14.1 ± 0.71 | 306 ± 21 | 97.4 ± 6.8 | 58.3 ± 2.9 | 357 ± 25 | 103 ± 6.2 | 33.1 ± 2.7 | 3.76 ± 0.22 | 3.29 ± 0.50 | 0.632 ± 0.09 | 1.38 ± 0.17 | |
| Kekir | Zingiber siangensis Tatum and A K Das | |||||||||||
| Adi ginger | Zingiber officinale Roscoe | 12.6 ± 0.59 | 221 ± 9.2 | 78.3 ± 4.7 | 23.3 ± 1.2 | 368 ± 26 | 26.2 ± 1.6 | 74.8 ± 1.5 | 3.89 ± 0.23 | 1.15 ± 1.7 | 4.32 ± 0.14 | 1.26 ± 0.15 |
a
Also known as Dhekia saag.
b
Known as gende also.
c
Each composite sample was analyzed in triplicate. Results are presented as mean of means of four years data (n = 4), and mean value for each year is derived from three analytical replicates.
Na, Sodium, K, Potassium; Ca, Calcium; Mg, Magnesium; Fe, Iron; Zn, Zinc; Mn, Manganese; Co, Cobalt.