Nutritional Characterizations Of White Pine(Pinus Eldarica)Nuts

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The pine, (Pinus eldarica)belongs to the botanical family pinaceae and has been widely used as a protective for many diseases. It is contains numerous phenolic compounds and high nutritional value. Therefore, the aim of this work is to provide a detailed chemical quantification of nutrients. The results showed that the moisture, protein, fat, ash, fiber, carbohydrates and energy value were 1.1%,31.29%, 43.00%, 3.28%, 9.00%, 12.33% and 566.84 kcal/100g, respectively. The highest minerals content of white pine were recorded for potassium, phosphorus andmagnesium which were730.90, 683.0 and 364.0 mg/100g, respectively. The highest phenolic compounds of white pine recorded for epicatechin and catechin. The values were 10.43 and 10.28 mg/100g, respectively. White pine contains high amount of lysine and glutamic acid, While HPLC analysis of fatty acids showed high amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acid than that of saturated fatty acid. As conclusion, white pine has able to protect the human from many diseases due to high nutritional value and it’s containsmany active compounds

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