scholarly journals Nutrient Composition and Calorific Value of Some Seaweeds from Bet Dwarka, West Coast of Gujarat, India

Our Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmal Kumar J.I. ◽  
R.N. Kumar ◽  
K. Patel ◽  
S. Viyol ◽  
R. Bhoi
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Composition ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Nutrient Concentration ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Nutrient Composition ◽  
Ulva Lactuca ◽  
Calorific Content

Seaweeds are used many folds for animal and human food, soil manure, salt extractions (soda, iodine etc.) and colloid production (agar-agar, alginate, carrageenan, furcellaran etc.), cosmetics and pharmaceutics. These represent important economical resources in world wide, where they are not only largely harvested but also intensively and largely employed in the human nutrition. Mineral composition of seaweeds was found relatively higher as compared to the land vegetables. Keeping the significance in mind, in current work nine seaweeds such as Chaetomorpha spp., Cladophora facicaularis, Ulva lactuca, Caulerepa racemosa, Caulerepa sertularioides, Valoniopsis pachynema, Sargassum ilicifolium, Sargassum polycustum and Porphyra vietnamensis growing along the Bet Dwarka, West Coast of Gujarat, India were collected and analyzed for nutrient / mineral composition like Mg, K, Na, Ca, S, N, Cl and P, ash content and calorific value. The nutrient concentration ranges found for each sample, were as follows:  Mg, 70.4-248.1; K, 16.6-128.04; Na, 78.7-129.07; Ca, 121-476.67; S, 101.11-214.99; N, 34.31-56.34; Cl, 26.12-235.66; and  P, 0.78-1.53 expressed in g/100 g dry weight.  Calorific content and ash content, ranged between 11.3-22.6 MJ/Kg and 23.0-41.9 g/100 g dry weight, respectively. Calorific content was negatively correlated with ash content and nutrient composition, but ash content was found to be positive correlation with mineral composition of selected sea weeds. Key words: Seaweeds, Ulva lactuca Nutritional composition, Calorific content, Ash contentDOI: 10.3126/on.v7i1.2565Our Nature (2009) 7:18-25

Seasonal variation in ash and calorific content of Idotea baltica (Pallas) (Crustacea:Isopoda)

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 1917-1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim W. Strong ◽  
Graham R. Daborn
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Reproductive Effort ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Bomb Calorimetry ◽  
Idotea Baltica ◽  
Calorific Content

Ash, calorific, and carbonate contents were determined monthly for Idotea baltica from Cape Blomidon, N.S. Although changes in calories per gram dry weight (1 cal = 4.1868 J) were correlated with reproductive effort, variations in the ash-free calorific value were difficult to interpret because of considerable changes in ash content. In mature animals, variation in percent ash was apparently associated with gametogenesis but ash variation in immature animals could not be explained. The importance of adequate carbonate corrections in bomb calorimetry is emphasized.

scholarly journals Analysis of Nutritional Composition in 23 Kinds of Edible Fungi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Qiannan Yu ◽  
Meijuan Guo ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Hao Wu ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Dietary Fiber ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Edible Fungi ◽  
Standard Methods

To explore the differences in the main nutritional composition of 23 kinds of common edible fungi in the market, the moisture, ash, protein, fat, dietary fiber, carbohydrates, polysaccharides, and energy were analyzed using national standard methods. The results showed that the 23 kinds of edible fungi varied greatly in nutritional composition. Based on dry weight, the moisture content was 6.9∼15.5 g/100 g, the ash content ranged from 1.3 to 10.1 g/100 g, the protein content ranged from 8.5 to 36.9 g/100 g, the fat content was 0.5∼3.9 g/100 g, the dietary fiber content was between 14.4∼70.2 g/100 g, the carbohydrate content is 0.5∼37.3 g/100 g, the polysaccharide content was 2.1∼8.3 g/100 g, and the energy is about 751∼1322 100 g/kJ. All the 23 kinds of edible fungi can be regarded as high-protein low-fat foods, which have their own advantages in terms of nutritional value. This study provides reference for people to use edible fungi in a more scientific and reasonable way.

scholarly journals Assessment of load and quality of logging residues from clear-felling areas in Järvselja: a case study from Southeast Estonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahur Kurvits ◽  
Katri Ots ◽  
Ahto Kangur ◽  
Henn Korjus ◽  
Peeter Muiste
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Alnus Glutinosa ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Black Alder ◽  
Logging Residues ◽  
Small Admixture ◽  
Combustion Tests

AbstractThe properties of biomass-based fuel and combustion tests showed that logging residues are promising renewable energy sources. The data used in this study were collected from four clear-felling areas in Järvselja Training and Experimental Forest Centre, Southeast Estonia in 2013–2014. Logging was carried out by harvesters in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.), silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa L. Gaertn.) dominated stands with a small admixture of other tree species according to the cut-to-length method and logging residues were placed in heaps. The aim of this research is to assess different characteristics of logging residues (quantity, moisture content, energetic potential, ash content and amount) in clear-felling areas. The highest load of slash was measured on the birch dominated study site, where the dry weight of the logging residues was 29 t ha−1. Only the branch fraction moisture content on the black alder dominated site (35.4%) was clearly different from respective values on other sites (21.6–25.4%). The highest calorific value of the residues was assessed with the residues from the birch dominated site, where in moist sample it was 365 GJ ha−1 and in dry matter 585 GJ ha−1. The heating value of the fresh residues is highest in coniferous trees. The highest ash content in branch segments was registered for the black alder dominated site. Järvselja data indicate higher quality in conifer dominated sites, yet a higher load of logging residues in broadleaf dominated stands.

scholarly journals Blueberry Germplasm Screening at Several Soil pH Regimes. II. Plant Nutrient Composition

1993 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad E. Finn ◽  
Carl J. Rosen ◽  
James J. Luby ◽  
Peter D. Ascher
Keyword(s):  
Soil Ph ◽  
Nutrient Concentration ◽  
Total Content ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Vaccinium Corymbosum ◽  
Nutrient Composition ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Plant Nutrient ◽  
Tissue Concentrations

Seedlings from crosses among Vaccinium corymbosum L., V. angustifolium Ait, and V. corymbosum/V. angustifolium hybrid-derivative parents, and micropropagated `Northblue', `Northsky', and `Northcountry' plants, were grown for 2 years at Becker, Minn., in low (5.0) and high (6.5) soil pH regimes. Nutrient composition expressed as a concentration and total content was determined for P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, and B in the aboveground portion of the plant. Except for Fe, the pH regime effects on aboveground plant nutrient concentration and total content were much larger than population or population × pH regime interaction effects. Population × pH regime interactions were detected for all nutrients expressed as a concentration, except for P. Generalizations about plant performance and nutrient concentration of the plant could only be made in the context of a given pH regime. At low pH, P and Mn tissue concentrations increased and Ca, Mg, and B concentrations decreased as the percentage of lowbush ancestry increased. At high pH, K, Cu, and B concentrations decreased as the percentage of lowbush ancestry increased. Overall plant performance on the higher pH soils appeared to be positively correlated to aboveground tissue concentrations of Mn, K, and Cu. When expressed as total content, population × pH regime effects were only significant for tissue Mn. Differences in total nutrient content attributed to soil pH were primarily related to differences in plant dry weight.

scholarly journals MOROCCAN STRAWBERRY TREE (Arbutus Unedo L.) LEAVES: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND MINERAL COMPOSITION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-744
Author(s):  
Zakaria Ait Lhaj ◽  
Farida Ait Lhaj ◽  
Khalid Taghzouti ◽  
Younes Abbas ◽  
Fatima Gaboun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Composition ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Genetic Effect ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Arbutus Unedo ◽  
Livestock Feed ◽  
Strawberry Tree ◽  
Tall Shrub ◽  
Potential Use

Strawberry tree (Arbutus Unedo L.) is one of the evergreen trees that grow spontaneously in Moroccan forests. This tall shrub is traditionally used in grazing zones of some Moroccan areas, especially during the dry season, but its value in Morocco has still been underestimated. In this paper, the nutritional composition of A. unedo leaves sample collected from seven Moroccan regions has been assessed. For this, the leaves were dried, crushed, and chemically analyzed for their proximate composition, energetic value, total and reducing sugar, and mineral composition. Results of this study suggested that samples from BniAarouse (BA) region showed the highest contents of essential nutrients such as proteins, dietary fiber, ashes, and fat with average values of 7.53, 17.89, 4.14, and 8.05 g/ 100 g of dry weight, respectively, which positively influences its consumption by small ruminants. Cluster analysis based on surveyed parameters separated the strawberries individuals into four distinct groups, providing a high variability among and within studied locations. That could be related to the diversity of the edaphoclimatic conditions between regions and to the genetic effect. The results of the present study highlighted the potential use of leaves as livestock feed, with intermediate quality, and promotes their optimal cultivation and subsequent domestication in Morocco.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of nutrient composition and glycaemic indices of nine sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) varieties

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 1410-1420
Author(s):  
Galahitiya Ralalage Nipuni Nayanathara Waidyarathna ◽  
Sagarika Ekanayake ◽  
Anoma Chandrasekara
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Fiber ◽  
Sweet Potato ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Ipomoea Batatas ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Nutrient Composition ◽  
Weight Basis ◽  
Sweet Potatoes ◽  
Total Dietary Fiber

Sweet potatoes are one of the major tuberous roots consumed around the world. The objective of the present study was to determine the nutritional composition, glycaemic indices and glycaemic loads of selected Sri Lankan sweet potato varieties, in order to address the inadequacy of information and the controversial findings on glycaemic indices. Nutrient composition (moisture, ash, digestible carbohydrates, dietary fiber, crude protein and fat) of boiled sweet potatoes, GI and glycaemic loads (GL) of nine varieties were determined using standard methods. Digestible carbohydrate content ranged between 29-88% on dry weight. Ash, crude protein and crude fat contents of the varieties ranged between 3.1-5.0%, 3.0-5.9% and 2.6-5.3% on dry weight basis (DW) respectively. The total dietary fiber content was above 9.5% DW in the studied varieties. Moisture content of boiled sweet potato tubers were 72-81% on fresh weight basis and both the GIs (86-119) and GLs (>20) were high. However, the GL reduced to medium or low when considering an actual edible portion for all the varieties except for two varieties. Sweet potatoes are a good source of highly available carbohydrates which elicit high GIs.

scholarly journals Nutritional profiling of the edible seaweeds Gracilaria edulis, Ulva lactuca and Sargassum sp.

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesmi Debbarma ◽  
B. Madhusudana Rao ◽  
L. Narasimha Murthy ◽  
Suseela Mathew ◽  
G. Venkateshwarlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Dietary Fibre ◽  
Brown Seaweed ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Ulva Lactuca ◽  
Gracilaria Edulis ◽  
Edible Seaweeds ◽  
Green Seaweed

In the present study, nutritional composition of the edible seaweeds, Gracilaria edulis (red seaweed), Ulva lactuca (green seaweed) and Sargassum sp. (brown seaweed) were evaluated. Results showed that the seaweeds had protein content of 13.84±3.55 to 18.21±0.00%; fat 0.73±0.001 to 0.93±0.00%, carbohydrate 30.32±0.21 to 43.19±1.75% and total dietary fibre (TDF) content of 53.625±0.18 to 63.175±0.46% on dry weight basis. Among the three seaweeds, Sargassum sp. contained highest protein content (18.21±0.00%) and G. edulis possessed highest TDF (63.175±0.46%). Macronutrients viz., Na, P and Ca and the micronutrients, Fe, Se, Mn, Cu and Zn were present in all three seaweeds. G. edulis had highest Na (423.33±1.15 mg 100 g-1), P (282.5±0.5 mg 100 g-1), Ca (223.33±0.58 mg 100 g-1) and Fe (65.28±0.33 mg 100 g-1), whereas highest Se content was recorded in Sargassum sp (49.82±0.09 mg 100 g-1). Palmitic acid (C16:0), oleic acid (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2, ω-6) were the most abundant saturated fatty acid (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), respectively. Fatty acid profile also revealed that small quantity of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (C22:6, ω-3) ranging from 0.064 to 0.494% was present in all the three seaweed species but eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (C20:5, ω-3) was present only in Sargassum sp. at a concentration of 0.583%. G. edulis had higher vitamin D2 (2.590 mg 100 g-1), vitamin E (1.017 mg 100 g-1) and vitamin K1 (0.714 mg 100 g-1) than Sargassum sp. and U. lactuca. The results clearly indicates that these three seaweeds can be considered as a good source of dietary fibre, protein, minerals and vitamins and can be used for fortifying foods or as components of functional foods.

Energetic properties of peat saturated with petroleum products

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
E. S. Dremicheva
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Motor Oil ◽  
Initial Sample

This paper presents a method of sorption using peat for elimination of emergency spills of crude oil and petroleum products and the possibility of energy use of oil-saturated peat. The results of assessment of the sorbent capacity of peat are presented, with waste motor oil and diesel fuel chosen as petroleum products. Natural peat has been found to possess sorption properties in relation to petroleum products. The sorbent capacity of peat can be observed from the first minutes of contact with motor oil and diesel fuel, and significantly depends on their viscosity. For the evaluation of thermal properties of peat saturated with petroleum products, experimental studies have been conducted on determination of moisture and ash content of as-fired fuel. It is shown that adsorbed oil increases the moisture and ash content of peat in comparison with the initial sample. Therefore, when intended for energy use, peat saturated with petroleum products is to be subjected to additional drying. Simulation of net calorific value has been performed based on the calorific values of peat and petroleum products with different ratios of petroleum product content in peat and for a saturated peat sample. The obtained results are compared with those of experiments conducted in a calorimetric bomb and recalculated for net calorific value. A satisfactory discrepancy is obtained, which amounts to about 12%. Options have been considered providing for combustion of saturated peat as fuel (burnt per se and combined with a solid fuel) and processing it to produce liquid, gaseous and solid fuels. Peat can be used to solve environmental problems of elimination of emergency spills of crude oil and petroleum products and as an additional resource in solving the problem of finding affordable energy.

scholarly journals Reduction of Ash Content in Raw Coal Using Acids and Alkali

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1254-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. Shivaprasad ◽  
M. M. Nagabhushana ◽  
C. Venkataiah
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Coal Sample ◽  
Toxic Elements ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Subsequent Removal ◽  
Inorganic Matter ◽  
Leaching Experiments

Ash, an inorganic matter present in coal is amenable for dissolution using suitable reagents. Thus the dissolution of ash and its subsequent removal reduces the release of many toxic elements into the environment by coal based industries. Removal of ash also enhances the calorific value. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to reduce the ash content of raw coal obtained from nearest thermal power by using hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide. A series of leaching experiments were conducted on coal of different size fractions by varying the parameters like concentration, temperature and time of leaching. The results indicate that it is possible to remove nearly 75% of ash from coal sample by leaching.

Potensi Nilai Kalor Biomassa Dari Ampas Tebu (Bagasse) Yang Bersumber Dari Penjual Minuman Sari Tebu Di Kota Pontianak

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Wahyudi ◽  
Muhammad Ivanto ◽  
Murti Juliandari
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Sugarcane Juice ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Supply Problem ◽  
Direct Data

Dependence on the provision of electricity using fossil fuels is a major energy supply problem in Indonesia. Therefore, it is necessary to provide new and renewable alternative fuels that are effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly. One of the alternative fuels is bagasse biomass. The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of bagasse produced by sellers of sugarcane juice drink in Pontianak City, in order to determine the estimated value of bagasse. The research method used was direct data collection and laboratory testing . Based on the results of the study, the number of vendors of sugarcane juice beverages producing bagasse was 169. Of this amount, produce bagasse that can reach 1,030.9 kg/day. Based on the test results, the estimated moisture content of bagasse was 3.28%, ash content was 0.77%, and carbon remained at 7.65%. So, if converted with the test results of the calorific value of bagasse and made into briquettes bagasse (bio briquettes), which is 19,648 kJ/kg with a density of 0.416 kg/m3, then converted into a potential calorific value of 242,849,280 J/year.

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