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Ekop, I. E.
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, P.M.B. 1167, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
Simonyan, K. J.
Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7262, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
Onwuka, U. N.
Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, P.M.B 7262, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
This
study was conducted to investigate and compare the compositions of two
varieties: Tympanotonus fuscatus and Pachymelania aurita of periwinkle in
Nigeria. The parameters considered were proximate compositions (moisture,
protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibre and ash). The
average amount of crude protein was found to be 56.06% and 53.47% for T. fuscatus and P. aurita, respectively whereas the average amounts for
carbohydrate and lipid were 11.26% and 6.17% for T. fuscatus and 14.37% and 4.77% for P. aurita, respectively. Also, the ash and fibre values obtained
were 15.91% and 10.60% for T. fuscatus
and 16.14% and 10.98% for P. aurita. More
so, it was observed that the caloric value of T. fuscatus was higher than that of P. aurita. It is worthy of note
that the ANOVA carried out on
these data reported for the two periwinkle varieties were significant on
all the parameters investigated at p
Keywords: Periwinkle, Tympanotonus fuscatus, Pachymelania aurita, compositions
https://doi.org/10.33922/j.ujet_si1_1
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Special Issue
2019 Special Issue Vol. 5 No. 3
Date Published
Monday, 06 April 2020
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